Show how you would synthesize: (a) 2-phenylethanol by the addition of formaldehyde to a suitable Grignard reagent

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Show how you would synthesize:
(a) 2-phenylethanol by the addition of formaldehyde to a suitable Grignard reagent
(b) 2-phenylethanol from a suitable alkene
(c) cyclohexylmethanol from an alkyl halide using an reaction
(d) 3-cyclohexylpropan-1-ol by the addition of ethylene oxide to a suitable Grignard reagent
(e) cis-pent-2-en-1-thiol from a suitable alkenyl halide
(f) 2,5-dimethylhexane from a four-carbon alkyl halide
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Organic Chemistry

ISBN: 978-0321768414

8th edition

Authors: L. G. Wade Jr.

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