Organic Chemistry
9th Edition
ISBN: 9781305080485
Author: John E. McMurry
Publisher: Cengage Learning
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Chapter 19.SE, Problem 53MP
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Interpretation:
An epoxyketone is converted into an allylic alcohol when treated with hydrazine in Wharton reaction. A mechanism for the reaction is to be proposed.
Concept introduction:
The reaction involves the formation of hydrazone, abstraction of a proton by a base, opening of
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A mechanism for the Wharton reaction in which an epoxyketone is converted into an allylic alcohol when treated with hydrazine.
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