Reactions of Aldehydes and Ketones

Organic chemical reactions generally have three components: Reactants, Reagents & Products.

In this problem we shall consider three isomeric carbonyl reactants:
3-methyl-2-butanone   3-methylbutanal  3-pentanone

These compounds may be reacted with six different reagents:
Jones' reagent
CrO3 in H3O(+)		 C6H5MgBr
in ether, followed by H3O(+)		 excess C2H5OH
Acid catalyst, heat (–H2O)
NaBH4
in CH3OH		 (CH2)5NH
piperidine, acid, heat (–H2O)		 N2H4, KOH
heat (–H2O)

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This script written by William Reusch, Dept. of Chemistry, Michigan State University. Please send comments and corrections to whreusch@pilot.msu.edu.