Chapter 10, Problem 10.41SP

Show how you would synthesize the following:

1. a. 2-phenylethanol by the addition of formaldehyde to a suitable Grignard reagent
2. b. 2-phenylethanol from a suitable alkene
3. c. cyclohexylmethanol from an alkyl halide using an S_N2 reaction
4. d. 3-cyclohexylpropan-1-ol by the addition of ethylene oxide to a suitable Grignard reagent
5. e. cis-pent-2-en-1-thiol from a suitable alkenyl halide
6. f. 2,5-dimethylhexane from a four-carbon alkyl halide