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What reagents are required to synthesize alcohols?

What reagents are required to synthesize alcohols?-example-1
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Answer:

Top = H₂SO₄, H₂O or H₃O⁺

Middle = 1.) Hg(OAc)₂, H₂O
2.) NaBH₄

Bottom = 1.) BH₃ · THF
2.) H₂O₂, NaOH

Step-by-step explanation:

In the top reaction, the alcohol is being added to the most substituted carbon in the entire molecule. The top reaction could use H₂SO₄, H₂O as the reagents or HO⁺ as the reagent.

In the middle reaction, the alcohol is being added to the most substituted carbon included in the double bond. Hg(OAc)₂ is the shorthand way of representing mercury (II) acetate.

In the the bottom reaction, the alcohol is being added to the least substituted carbon included in the double bond.

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