cite a specific synthetic reaction where protection of the carbonyl group i snecessary to carry out the process. give the detailed steps and discuss the importance of including the protection step on the procedure.
One example of protection of carbonyl can be when we are performing an umpolung reaction. Carbonyl carbon is electrophilic in nature but can be converted into a nucleophilic center by protection. Here the carbonyl is first protected with 1,3-dithiol to give dithiane derrivative. The carbonyl carbon center now can react with a base as BuLi, deprotonation at carbon center occurs to form carbanion which can then react with an electrophile. The strategy is shown below.
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