Textbook QuestionFluoxetine, an antidepressant, is better known as Prozac®. Suggest reagents that could be used to make the indicated C–O bond of fluoxetine. [Note that CF3, an electron-withdrawing group, is para to where the new bond will be formed.]
Multiple ChoiceWhich synthesis will successfully form the given target with benzene as the starting material?
Textbook QuestionThe most common selective herbicide for killing broadleaf weeds is 2,4-dichlorophenoxyacetic acid (2,4-D). Show how you would synthesize 2,4-D from benzene, chloroacetic acid (ClCH2COOH), and any necessary reagents and solvents.
Textbook QuestionShow how you would synthesize the following aromatic derivatives from benzene.c. p-chlorotoluene