Juvenile hormone (JH, Chemical Highlight 12-1) has been synthesized in several ways. Two intermediates are shown in

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Juvenile hormone (JH, Chemical Highlight 12-1) has been synthesized in several ways. Two intermediates are shown in (a) and (b). Propose completions for syntheses of JH that start with each of them. Your synthesis for (a) should be stereospecifi c. Also for (a), note that the double bond between C10 and C11 is the most reactive toward electrophilic reagents.

H3C. H;C. H,C. H;C. CH3 CH3 (а) (b) COCH3 COCH3 H;C CI

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Organic Chemistry structure and function

ISBN: 978-1429204941

6th edition

Authors: K. Peter C. Vollhardt, Neil E. Schore

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