Question: i need help with e and f 5. Show how you would make: (a) 2-phenylethanol by the addition of formaldehyde*to a suitable Grignard reagent (b)
5. Show how you would make: (a) 2-phenylethanol by the addition of formaldehyde*to a suitable Grignard reagent (b) 2-phenylethanol from a suitable alkene (c) cyclohexylmethanol from an alkyl halide using an SN2 reaction (d) 3-cyclohexylpropan-1-ol by the addition of ethylene oxide to a suitable Grignard reagent (e) octan-3-ol from hexanal (f) 2-methylcyclopentanol from 2-methylcyclopentanone Notes: formaldehyde = methanal] Italics=review (not ch 12!)
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