Chapter 12, Problem 55IP

Interpretation Introduction

Interpretation:

The perfect synthetic route and the reagents used to convert the given substance should be determined.

Concept introduction:

Reducing agent: They are substances that used to reduce a substance that is to add hydrogen atom or to remove the oxygen atom present in chemical substances.

Alcohol: It is one type of functional group in organic chemistry in which carbon is singly bonded to one $\text{OH}$ group. Generally, alcohols are poor leaving group and hence should be converted into better leaving group but in presence of acids they behave as good leaving group.

Base: They are substance that gives ${}^{\text{-}}\text{OH}$ or donates a pair of electrons.

Anti-Markovnikov’s Addition Rule: The unsymmetrical alkene in a chemical compound reacts with hydrogen halide in a way, where halide ions attacks and bond to the less substitution position of carbon-carbon double bond.

Hydroboration reaction: The reaction involves addition of ${\text{BH}}_{\text{3}}$ over alkene which makes ${\text{BH}}_{\text{2}}$ to bond with less substituted position of carbon-carbon double bonds and $\text{H}$ to more substituted position of carbon-carbon double bonds which finally carbon containing ${\text{BH}}_{\text{2}}$ gets oxidized in order to achieve the product with less substitution.