Using cyclooctyne as your starting material, show how you would synthesize the following compounds. (Once you haveshown how to synthesize a compound, you may use it as the starting material in any later parts of this problem.)  cyclooctanone

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Using cyclooctyne 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.)
  cyclooctanone

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Step 1

Given compound is:

Cyclooctyne.

Required product from cyclooctyne is:

Cyclooctanone.

 

 

Step 2

The structure of cyclooctyne is shown below:

Chemistry homework question answer, step 2, image 1which is an alkyne.

The structure of cyclooctanone is:

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which is an example of ketone.

Alkynes can be converted into ketones by the reaction with dilute sulphuric acid in presence of mercuric sulphate.

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