Interpretation:
The intermediate products formed during the conversion of prop-2-enol to glyceraldehyde and the stereoisomeric form of glyceraldehyde needs to be predicted.
Concept Introduction:
>Electrophiles are electron deficient species which has positive or partially positive charge. Lewis acids are electrophiles which accept electron pair.
>Nucleophiles are electron rich species which has negative or partially negative charge. Lewis bases are nucleophiles which donate electron pair.
>PCC is a mild oxidizing agent.
>Conversion of a reactant into its derivative can be brought about by a sequence of reactions involving various reagents.
>Aldehydes, on reaction with alcohol, in an acidic medium, forms acetal, which serves as the protecting group for the carbonyl and can be cleaved back to aldehyde by acidic hydrolysis.
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