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Make -OH into a good L.G.
Need alcohol
Reagents:
Ts-Cl/pyr
Oxidize a 2° alcohol to a ketone
Reagents:
PCC
Swern
KMnO4
HNO3
Oxidize a 1° alcohol to an aldehyde
Reagents:
PCC
Oxidize a 1° alcohol to a carboxylic acid
Reagents:
Chromic acid
KMnO4
HNO3
Form a strong Nu: from an -OH
Need alcohol
Reagents:
Na
K
NaH
Make an alkoxide from an -OH
Need alcohol
Reagents:
Na
K
NaH
Form a good electrophile from an alcohol
Need 1° alcohol and strong acid
Reagents:
HBr (Sn2 mech.)
Replace an -OH with -NH2
Need 1° or 2° alcohol
Reagents:
1. Ts-Cl/ pyr
2. excess NH3
Replace an hydroxyl group with an halogen w/ no rearrangement
Reagents:
SOCl2
PX3
PX5
P/I2
Remove a vicinal -H and -OH to from a double bond
Reagents:
H+, Δ
(Cis & trans products possible, rearrangement possible - C+ intermediate)
Add 2 -H with syn addition
Reagents:
H2 / Pt
H2 / Pd
H2 / Ni
Reduce an alcohol
1. TsCl/pyr
2. LAH
Replace an hydroxyl group with an halogen with rearrangement
1. H-X
(2. - H2O, ↬)
Make a symmetrical ether
Need 1° or CH3 alcohol
Reagents:
H+ (Sn2 mech.)
Make a 2-cyclopentylmethanol into a cyclohexene
H+, Δ
Replace an halogen with an -OH and invert stereochem.
Need SN2 conditions
Reagents:
KOH
NaOH
strong Nu:
Add -OH and -H Markovnikov
Need alkene
Reagents:
1. Hg(OAc)2, H2O
2. NaBH4

Non-rearrangeable mercurinium ion intermediate (H2O attacks more substituted side)
Add -OH and -H Markovnikov with rearrangement
Need alkene
Reagents:
H+/H2O
H2SO4/H2O
H3O+

C+ Intermediate
Add -OH and -H anti-Markovnikov and syn
Need alkene
1. BH3 ⋅ THF
2. H2O2, NaOH
Make a diol with syn addition
Need alkene
OsO4, H2O2
1. KMnO4 (mild)
2. -OH/ H2O
Make a diol with anti addition
1. peroxy acid (ex. MCPBA)
2. H3O+
Epoxide intermediate
Make an alcohol from an alkyne
Need terminal alkyne
1. NaNH2
2. aldehyde OR ketone
3. H3O+
Form a Na or K alkoxide
Need an alcohol
Reagents:
Na°

NaH
NaH2
Add an alkyl group to sth
Need alkyl halide and Mg or Li
1. Mg/ether (ex. THF) OR 1. Li
Need carbonyl group
2. (ether)
(Grignard attacks less substituted side)
3. H2O
Form a 1° alcohol
Need formaldehyde
1. Grignard reagent / ether
2. H3O+
Form a 2° alcohol
Need aldehyde
1. Grignard reagent / ether
2. H3O+
Form a 3° alcohol
Need ketone
1. Grignard reagent / ether
2. H3O+

OR ester/acid chloride
1. Grignard reagent / ether
2. Grignard reagent / ether
3. H3O+
Form a 1° alcohol from an epoxide
Need epoxide
1. Grignard reagent / ether
2. H3O+
Replace a 3° halide with an alcohol
Need 3° halide ∴ Sn1 Mech.
H2O / AgNO3
Add Cl or Br to an alkane at most substituted C
Need sp3 hybridized C
Br2 OR Cl2, Δ
(Radical Intermediate)
Make an ether
Need alkoxide and CH3/1° alkyl halide
(Sn2 Mech.)
Reduce an alkyl halide to an alkane
Need alkyl halide and Mg or Li
1. Mg/ether OR 2 Li
2. H2O
Reduce a ketone/aldehyde to an alcohol
1. NaBH4 / CH3OH or ether
1. LAH
2. H2O
2. H3O+
Reduce a carboxylic acid/ester to an alcohol
1. LAH
2. H2O
Reduce a ketone/aldehyde to alcohol AND eliminate C=C double bonds
H2/Pt
H2/Pd
H2/Ni
Lengthen an ethylene oxide by 2 carbons and an -OH
Need Grignard reagent
1. Epoxide ring (CH2 O CH2)
2. H3O+
Make a double bond from an alkyl halide
Need vicinal, anti H and halogen OR vicinal, anti 2 halogens
Reagents:
strong B:
Make a double bond and lose an -OH
H2SO4 / H3PO4
C+ intermediate
Dehydrate a diol and form a carbonyl
Need vicinal diol
Reagents:
H+
Cleave an alkene into 2 carbonyl groups
Need alkene
1. OsO4 / H2O2
Or diol
2. HIO4

Need alkene
1. O3
2. DMS