Question 26.SE.7: Indicate how the following alcohol can be prepared from an a...

Chemistry: The Central Science in SI Units, Expanded Edition

Indicate how the following alcohol can be prepared from an alkene:

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Analyse We are asked to work backwards from a given structure to determine how we could make it from an alkene.

Plan Understand the differences between the starting alkene and the chlorohydrin product. Use our general equation [26.25] to determine from what reagents the electrophile and nucleophile are derived.

Solve The alkene required for this reaction is cyclohexene. This is deduced by placing the double bond between the positions occupied by the introduced Cl and OH functional groups. To get the addition of Cl and OH to the alkene, the reagents of choice must be Cl $_2$ and water. The water acts as both solvent and nucleophile.

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