Chapter 20: Q56P (page 1038)
Show how you would synthesize from each compound. You may use any necessary reagents.
(a)
(b)
(c)
(d)
(e)
(f)
(g)
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Chapter 20: Q56P (page 1038)
Show how you would synthesize from each compound. You may use any necessary reagents.
(a)
(b)
(c)
(d)
(e)
(f)
(g)


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Question: A carboxylic acid has two oxygen atoms, each with two nonbonding pairs of electrons.
Which of the following compounds are chiral? Draw each compound in its most symmetric conformation, star any asymmetric carbon atoms, and draw any mirror planes. Label any meso compounds. You may use Fischer projections if you prefer.
(a) meso-2,3-dibromo-2,3-dichlorobutane
(b) -2,3-dibromo-2,3-dichlorobutane
(c) (2R,3S)-2-bromo-3-chlorobutane
(d) (2R,3S)-2,3-dibromobutane
(e) (R,R)-2,3-dibromobutane
(f)

(g)

(h)

Question:
When pure (S)-lactic acid is esterified by racemic butan-2-ol, the product is 2-butyl lactate, with the following structure:

(a)Draw three-dimensional structures of the two stereoisomers formed, specifying the configuration at each asymmetric carbon atom. (Using your models may be helpful.)
(b)Determine the relationship between the two stereoisomers you have drawn.
Most of the Fischer esterification mechanism is identical with the mechanism of acetal formation. The difference is in the final step, where a resonance-stabilized carbocation loses a proton to give the ester. Write mechanisms for the following reactions, with the comparable steps directly above and below each other. Explain why the final step of the esterification (proton loss) cannot occur in acetal formation, and show what happens instead.


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