What product would be obtained?
Hydroboration/oxidation is anti-Markovnikov addition of H and OH, but resulting enol tautomerizes to aldehyde. What product would be obtained?
Which would be the major product?
Hoffmann elimination – recall that cationic leaving groups favour this pathway, as do sterically small bases Which would be the major product?
What starting compound would you use for this reaction?
Meta-Chlorperoxybenzoic acid epoxidizes alkenes. What starting compound would you use for this reaction?
Choose the required reagent(s):