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homework twenty one beta carbon
Typology: Exercises
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Hmwk Wk 14T Name ___________________________________________ # ______________________ Give the major organic product(s) of the following reactions.
CH 3 O
H 3 C O O Na
H 3 C O O O HOH, H 3 O
heat H 3 C O CH 3 O
Hint 1: To start this multistep synthesis, do the Claisen condensation on the starting ester to make a b-dicarbonyl. Hint 2: Then you have acidic H’s that can be removed to yield a nucleophilic a-C:-^. Hint 3: Add the alkyl chains that you need (there are two). Hint 4: And finally make a carboxylic acid that will decarboxylate to give the product.