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Chapter 10: Q10-25E-d (page 308)

How would you prepare the following compounds, starting with cyclopentene and any other reagents needed? (d) Cyclopentanol.

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Cyclopentanol can be formed in the following way:

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Step-by-step solutionStep 1: Hydroboration

It means substitution of one hydrogen from the reactant, so that alcohol group can be added there.

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Alkyl halide

Alkyl halides are also known as haloalkanes or halogenoalkanes. They contains one or more halogen substituents i.e. –Br, -Cl,-I,-F.

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Preparation of cyclopentanol

The desired product cyclopentanol can be prepared by hydroboration or oxidation of cyclopantene.

The reaction is as follows:

Preparation of cyclopentanol

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