Question

Draw the organic product(s) of the reaction of phenylacetaldehyde with 2 ch3oh, hcl catalyst. you do not have to consider stereochemistry. you do not have to explicitly draw h atoms. do not include lone pairs in your answer. they will not be considered in the grading. if no reaction occurs, draw the organic starting material. draw one structure per sketcher. add additional sketchers using the drop-down menu in the bottom right corner. separate multiple products using the + sign from the drop-down menu.

Answer 1

When Aldehyde is reacted with Alcohol in the presence of acid the it gives Hemiacetal, Hemiacetal on further reaction with acid and alcohol gives Acetal.

In given problem the aldehyde given is Phenylacetaldehyde and alcohol is Methanol. The reaction is done stepwise as shown below,