PoochGroup Posted December 11, 2015 Share Posted December 11, 2015 Hey guys, I am going through practice exams I have found online to prepare for the MCAT. I was wondering if I am on the right track with these synthesis questions. For the second last one, my best assumption was an alkyl shift having to have occurred because the position of the functional group changed and even though alkyl shifts typically occur at third degree carbon centres, I thought that the aromatic phenol could stabilize the secondary carbon through hyperconjugation. Thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hypervalent_iodine Posted December 11, 2015 Share Posted December 11, 2015 Your carbocation rearrangement appears to be halfway there. If you used HCl as your source of H+, you'd end up with a Cl in the benzylic position. I can think of one fairly straight forward way to get from there to your product. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PoochGroup Posted December 12, 2015 Author Share Posted December 12, 2015 HCl, followed by NaOH, right? But the mechanism can only involve one step in this case. What would be another way to do this in one step? Thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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