Exam 11: Reactions of Alcohols

Provide the major organic product of the following.

Provide the major organic product of the reaction shown.

What series of synthetic steps could be used to carry out the transformation shown below?

Name the alcohol that would be used in the Fischer esterification synthesis of ethyl propanoate (CH₃CH₂O₂CCH₂CH₃).

Provide the structure of the major organic product in the reaction below. (CH₃)₂CHCH₂OH

Draw the tosylate ion and explain why it is a particularly good leaving group.

What reagents are necessary for the following conversion?

Which of the following reagents is not typically viewed as an oxidizing agent?

Provide the major organic product of the following.

Provide the reagents necessary to carry out the multistep synthesis shown below.

Provide the major organic product of the following reaction.

It is necessary to add ZnCl₂ to promote the reaction of HCl with some alcohols while these same alcohols react with HBr quite readily. Explain.

Poisonings by methanol and ethylene glycol are relatively common. How are these poisonings treated clinically?

Provide the structure of the major organic product in the reaction below.

Provide the major organic product of the reaction shown.

Provide the major organic product of the following.

What compound results when 1-butanol is treated with P/I₂?

Given a sample of (R)-2,3-dimethylhexan-3-ol, which of the following would be the best synthesis of (R)-3-chloro-2,3-dimethylhexane?

Provide the structure of the major organic product in the reaction below.

Circle all carbon centers that are at the same oxidation state as a carboxylic acid.