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Show how you would synthesize: (a) 2-phenylethanol by the addition of formaldehyde...

Show how you would synthesize:

(a) 2-phenylethanol by the addition of formaldehyde to a suitable Grignard reagent

(b) 2-phenylethanol from a suitable alkene

(c) cyclohexylmethanol from an alkyl halide using an SN2 reaction

(d) 3-cyclohexylpropan-1-ol by the addition of ethylene oxide to a suitable Grignard reagent

(e) cis-pent-2-en-1-thiol from a suitable alkenyl halide

(f) 2,5-dimethylhexane from a four-carbon alkyl halide

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