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Some Organic Synthesis Practice Problems:

Starting from 1-hexene, 1-butyne, bromoethane, iodomethane and any reagent needed
(you do not need to use all of these compounds), synthesize:

1.
Cl Cl CHCl3,
Li, NH3
KOH
H3C C C CH2CH3

NaNH2,
NH3, CH3I

H C C CH2CH3

2.
1) BH3
O 2) NaOH, H2O2
H2O
H3CH2CH2CH2C C CH
H

NaNH2

Br2
Br
Br

3.
H2, Pd
octane H3CH2CH2CH2C C C CH2CH3

NaNH2, NH3
CH3CH2Br
H3CH2CH2CH2C C CH
see above

4.
OH 1) OsO4
2) NaHSO3 Li, NH3
H3CH2C C C CH2CH3
OH
(racemic) NaNH2, NH3
CH3CH2Br

HO OH
H3CH2C C CH
H
H 1-butyne

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