Lecture Notes on Synthesis of Alcohols

SYNTHESIS OF ALCOHOLS USING GRIGNARD REAGENTS

 
 
 
 

 

 

 

SYNTHESIS OF ALCOHOLS USING ORGANOLITHIUM REAGENTS


Organolithium reagents react with aldehydes & ketones in the same way that Grignard reagents do

SYNTHESIS OF ACETYLENIC ALCOHOLS


represent a special case:
acetylenic Grignard reagents are prepared by acid-base reaction






Direct suggestions, comments, and questions about this page to Arlene Courtney, courtna@wou.edu.
Last Modified March 13, 1998



Western Oregon University
Copyright © 1997 Western Oregon University