CHEM 2302 REAGENTS

H2NNH2, KOH

converts aldehydes and ketones into alkanes

NaBH4, Ethanol

ketone to an alcohol

Br2, H2O

halohydrin formation

Friedal-Crafts Acylation

O

II

CH3CH2Cl , AlCl3

remove Cl and add onto benzene

Mg, THF

takes an alkane and forms a grignard reagent (Mg)

NaH

Williamson ether synthesis

mCPBA

alkene to epoxide

HOCH2CH2OH, TsOH

Zn(Hg), HCl

Clemmensen reduction

EtOH (excess), HCl

H2O, H2SO4

acid-catalyzed hydration

HCl (excess), heat

PCC

1) THF

2) H3O+

1. NaCN

2. H3O+

Preparation of carboxylic acids: R-CH2-Br

1. [Ph3PMe]+ Br-, nBuLi

2. starting material

ketone to alkene

benzene, dean stark

NaOMe

Strong Nucleophile

Strong Base

MeBr

1. Li, THF

2. epoxide

3. H3O+

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1. NaH

2. CH3I

Me2NH

1. PCC 2. HCN, KCN

K2Cr2O7

H2SO4, H2O

makes a carboxylic acid