Question

The target diol is synthesized in one step from 1-methylcyclopentene, but your lab partner exhausted the supply of that alkene. Fortunately, you have plenty of isomers (C6H10) on hand from which to synthesize 1-methylcyclopentene and, ultimately, the diol. Provide the missing reagents and organic structures needed to most efficiently produce the target product.

Answer 1

Concepts and reason

This problem is based on the concept of alkene to diol conversion.

Alkenes are the hydrocarbons which contain double bonds in their structure. They are highly reactive towards the compounds or molecule shaving low electron density. Alkenes can be converted to cis-diol by using a specified reagent.

Fundamentals

Alkenes on reaction will directly forms diol through a catalyzed reaction in the presence of an oxidizing agent.

The chemical reaction is given below:

The overall reaction sequence is given below:

Ans:

The complete reaction process for the conversion of 1-methyl cyclopentene is given below: