Chapter 12: Q.61. (page 492)
Question: Devise a synthesis of muscalure, the sex pheromone of the common housefly, from acetylene and any other required reagents.

Muscalure
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Chapter 12: Q.61. (page 492)
Question: Devise a synthesis of muscalure, the sex pheromone of the common housefly, from acetylene and any other required reagents.

Muscalure
Answer:

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Question: Stearidonic acid (C18H28O2 ) is an unsaturated fatty acid obtained from oils isolated from hemp and blackcurrant (see also Problem 10.11).

a. What fatty acid is formed when Stearidonic acid is hydrogenated with excess H2 and a Pd catalyst?
b. What fatty acids are formed when stearidonic acid is hydrogenated with one equivalent of H2 and a Pd catalyst?
c. Draw the structure of a possible product formed when stearidonic acid is hydrogenated with one equivalent of H2 and a Pd catalyst, and one double bond is isomerized to a trans isomer.
d. How do the melting points of the following fatty acids compare: stearidonic acid; one of the products formed in part (b); the product drawn in part (c)?
Question: Match each alkene to its heat of hydrogenation.Alkenes: 3-methylbut-1-ene, 2-methylbut-1-ene, 2-methylbut-2-ene (hydrogenation) kJ/mol: –119, –127, –112
Question: Draw the organic products in each of the following reactions.
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d.

Question: Draw a stepwise mechanism for the following reaction.
Question: Draw the products formed when both cis- and trans-but-2-ene are treated with OsO4, followed by hydrolysis with NaHSO3+H2O. Explain how these reactions illustrate that syndihydroxylation is stereospecific.
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