Question

The reaction sequence shown below is an interesting method for turning alcohols into iodide leaving groups. in the first step, the compound catechol (you might recognize the name – it is the basic building block for catecholamines such as dopamine, epinephrine, and norepinephrine) is allowed to react with pcl3, which is the chlorine analog of pbr3, in pyridine to form a reactive bicyclic intermediate, compound
a. draw a complete curved‐arrow mechanism for this transformation, and fill in the box with the structure of compound
a. the molecular formula is given to help you check your work.

Answer 1

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