CHEM 4D3, 1998 First Assignment: Answers

There are a series of reactions shown on the following schemes. You should be able to provide the missing reagents or products, and should also be able to answer the one mechanistic question. If you can't, you should (quickly) review last year's notes NOW.

1.) What is the product of the following reaction? SHOW THE COMPLETE MECHANISM OF THE REACTIONs.

2. ) Give the products/reagents/starting materials for the following reactions (What are A-H?).
 

3) Suggest how to convert cyclohexanone to the products shown. In some cases, more than one step may be required

 

4) Find the structures of 5 over-the-counter drugs that you might have encountered this summer.  Suggest one "disconnection" (precursors that would assemble the final molecule using C-C bond formation) for one of the compounds.