ASSIGNMENT 2 2025
UNIQUE NO.
DUE DATE: 26 JUNE 2025
, CHE4803/103/0/2025
ASSIGNMENT 2 DUE DATE: 26 June 2025
QUSETION 1 [25]
1.1 Write reagents and conditions including the name type of the
reactions which could be used to perform the following
transformation.
(8)
1.2. Pay particular attention to mechanism, orientation and/ or stereochemistry
and discuss each step in the following reactions.
Me Me
OTs OAc
AcOH
Me
Me
(7)
1.3. What is meant by the term “ylide’? Propose mechanisms to show how ylides
of phosphorus and sulfur are prepared.
(9)
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