I. Devise two-step syntheses of the following products from the starting material listed. Include any necessary experimental conditions and an equation for each step.
Ethanoic acid from ethene
Butan-1-ol from butane
Hexan-3-one form 3-bromohexane
123-trichloropropane from propene
Propanal from 1-bromopropane
II. Research the economic importance of one of the following reactions related to alkenes. Be prepared to briefly explain this economic importance. Please however do not just state the obvious.
Hydrogenation of vegetable oils in the manufacture of margarine
The hydration of ethene in the manufacture of ethanol
Polymerization in the manufacture of plastics
III. Describe a nucleophile
IV. Outline the mechanism using curly arrows for both SN1 and SN2 reactions involving a brominated hydrocarbon and an aqueous solution of sodium hydroxide.
Egalitarian
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