10. Addition Reactions

Show how you would accomplish the following conversions.

c. trans-hex-3-ene to meso-hexane-3,4-diol

Using 1,2-dimethylcyclohexene as your starting material, show how you would synthesize the following compounds. (Once you have shown how to synthesize a compound, you may use it as the starting material in any later parts of this problem.) If a chiral product is shown, assume that it is part of a racemic mixture.

(d)

How might you make the catalytic cycle in Figure 9.31 more sustainable while still using NMO as the co-oxidant?

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