Reactant for step 1 Product of step 3 Product of step 5 (step 4 not shown) Product of step 6 Product of step 10 ↓ ↓ ↓ ↓ ↓ ↓ ↓ ↓ OH H₂C- Answer Bank H- CH₂OH OH CH₂ O=0 OH OH -C-OH H H OH H₂C-OPO OH 0=C—0PO3 OH HC O PO 2- H-C=O H-C-OH H-C-0-PO

The position next to the ketone or aldehyde functional group is termed as alpha position and the reaction which occurs at alpha position is called alpha substitution reaction. In an alpha substitution reaction, the alpha proton atom is substituted by an …