These compounds can be inverted using triphenylphosphine and DEAD [read letters individually] in the Mitsunobu reaction.
These compounds can be inverted using triphenylphosphine and DEAD [read letters individually] in the Mitsunobu reaction. These molecules also attack a protonated carbonyl group to form a tetrahedral intermediate with carboxylic acid in a reaction which produces water and an ester, named for Fischer. Methods of synthesizing these compounds include hydration of an alkene and the fermentation of glucose with yeast. This functional group with the general formula CnH2n+1OH consists of a hydroxyl attached to an R group. For 10 points, name this functional group, examples of which include methanol and ethanol.
These compounds can be inverted using triphenylphosphine and DEAD [read letters individually] in the Mitsunobu reaction.
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