Organic Chemistry
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The following two reactions show the alkylation of a ketoester under two different conditions. Draw the structures of A and B and indicate whether each of these products is formed under kinetic control or thermodynamic control.
Predict the product of the reaction given below.
Draw the deuterated product of the reaction given below.
Determine which of the following compounds would be fully deprotonated by a solution of sodium ethoxide in ethanol.
Draw the important resonance forms for the following ketone when the α-carbon atom of the ketone is deprotonated, giving an enolate ion.
(i) pentan-3-one
(ii) cyclohexanone
The aldol reaction is stereospecific and proceeds via the Zimmerman–Traxler transition state depicted below.
(a) Illustrate the arrow-pushing mechanism for step A and step B.
(b) Explain why this mechanism is favorable.
Draw the enolate(s) formed by the treatment of the following molecule with a base.
Draw the significant resonance structures of the enolate that result from the deprotonation of methyl 2-cyanobutanoate with a strong base.