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Organic Chemistry 8th Edition

Organic Chemistry (8th Edition)

Book Edition8th Edition
Author(s)Brown
ISBN9781305580350
PublisherCengage Learning
SubjectChemistry
Chapter 24, Section 24.3, Problems, Exercise 24.1
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Show how you might prepare each compound by a Heck reaction using methyl 2-propenoate as the starting alkene.

 

Explanation

The retro disconnection will help to predict the starting materials. 

 In presence of palladium catalyst C-C coupling takes place. Ortho-iodotoluene will react with methyl acrylate and through Heck coupling reaction highly selective more stable E-conformer will be formed as a major product.

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