(a)
Interpretation:
The reagents that used to form the given epoxide from the allylic alcohol has to be identified.
Concept introduction:
The commonly used Peroxy acids are meta-Chloroperoxybenzoic acid (MCPBA) and Peroxyacetic acid. This process is stereospecific.
If the substituent are cis to each other in the
(b)
Interpretation:
The plausible mechanism for the formation of the given orthoester from the epoxide has to be given.
Concept introduction:
Ring-opening of epoxide: The epoxide ring is highly strain and readily undergoes reaction with strong nucleophile result in the ring-opening reaction.
Acid-catalyzed ring-opening of epoxide: The epoxide ring is protonated and the nucleophile attack depends on the electronic or steric effect (nature of epoxide).
Regiochemistry: when the epoxide is unsymmetrical, the nucleophile attack at the more substituted position of the protonated epoxide ring.
Stereochemistry: when the nucleophile attack takes place at chiral center, an inversion of configuration is obtained.
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