This reaction involves the addition of extra two carbon atoms and the reduction of the alkyne to alkenes such that the hydration of the alkene to produce the desired alkanol.
How do you prepare 2-pentanol starting with acetylene?
This reaction involves the addition of extra two carbon atoms and the reduction of the alkyne to alkenes such that the hydration of the alkene to produce the desired alkanol. This reaction is a multi step organic synthesis as shown in the image attached to this answer.
We have to note that that 2-pentanol is an alkanol hence the final product of the reaction would contain the -OH group that is peculiar to alkanols.
First, a base is used to abstract a proton from acetylene to create a nucleophile which attacks bromo ethane. This leads to a five carbon alkyne which is now reduced with a Lindlar catalyst. Hydration of the alkene yields the desired product.
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