Write the structures of compounds A and B in each of the two reaction sequences shown in the figure.Sequence (i)Sequence (ii)
Solution
Work each printed sequence left to right: • where the figure shows an alkene with (i) B2H6, (ii) H2O2/OH−: A is the trialkylborane and B the \textbf{anti-Markovnikov alcohol} (OH on the terminal carbon); • where it shows phenol entering CHCl3/NaOH or CO2/NaOH: A is the ortho-substituted sodium salt and B, after acidification, \textbf{salicylaldehyde} (Reimer–Tiemann) or \textbf{salicylic acid} (Kolbe). Read the exact reagents off the figure and write A and B at those stages.