Devise two syntheses for meso-2,3-butanediol starting with acetylene (ethyne) and methane. Your two pathways should take different

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Devise two syntheses for meso-2,3-butanediol starting with acetylene (ethyne) and methane. Your two pathways should take different approaches during the course of the reactions for controlling the origin of the stereochemistry required in the product.

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Organic Chemistry

ISBN: 978-1118875766

12th Edition

Authors: T. W. Graham Solomons, Craig B. Fryhle, Scott A. Snyder

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