On Sun, 15 Dec 1996 heldelsj@plu.edu wrote:
> Hey all you study birds,
> WHen reviewing for the final, I stumbled across a question. In Chapter
> 10, on page453, it shows the epoxidation of cyclopentene. How do we know
> when that is the correct place to stop? I understand that this forms an
> epoxide and if we want to form an alcohol, we proceed with acid
> hydrolysis, but if we are given a reaction on the test where we need to
> give the reagents for an alcohol, would we have to place both the
> RCOOOH as well as the acid or just the acid and the RCOOOH would be
> assumed? Or would it be given?
> Any answer would be appreciated!
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