(R)-3-Methyl-1-pentene is treated separately with the following reagents and the products in each case are separated by...

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(R)-3-Methyl-1-pentene is treated separately with the following reagents and the products in each case are separated by fractional distillation. Write appropriate formulas for all of the components of each fraction and tell whether each fraction would be optically active.

(a) Br2 , then NaHSO3

(b) H2, Pt  

(c) OsO4

(d) BH3:THF, then H2O2, HO−

(e) Hg(OAc)2, THF–H2O, then NaBH4, HO−

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Organic Chemistry

ISBN: 978-1118875766

12th Edition

Authors: T. W. Graham Solomons, Craig B. Fryhle, Scott A. Snyder

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