Why can't 1−methylcyclohexanol be prepared from a carbonyl compound by reduction? select the single best answer?
1 answer:
1−methylcyclohexanol is a tertiary alcohol. Tertiary Alcohols are synthesized by either reacting Ketone with Organometallic compounds like Grignard reagent or by hydration of substituted alkenes. <span>1−methylcyclohexanol can not be synthesized by reduction of carbonyl compound because it is not possible to have a starting carbonyl compound having carbonyl group along with three other alkyl groups (as carbon can only form 4 bonds).
Result:
Tertiary alcohols don't contain a hydrogen atom at carbon attached to hydroxyl group that is why it is not possible to synthesize </span><span>1−methylcyclohexanol by reduction of carbonyl compound.</span>
Result:
Tertiary alcohols don't contain a hydrogen atom at carbon attached to hydroxyl group that is why it is not possible to synthesize </span><span>1−methylcyclohexanol by reduction of carbonyl compound.</span>
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