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Retro & Forward synthesis help/confusion
My professor assigned additional problems to our lecture and I am completely stuck! His instructions were to “Use any resources needed to fill out the synthesis below. Any 3-carbon molecule may be used. Protecting groups may be necessary/included.” To begin I put my cut at C-N. Following that I identified the heteroatom as being two carbons away, meaning an epoxide was needed. I chose my three carbon material to be propylamine. Thus far is this correct? The trouble I was running into was forming the epoxide. Since there is no double bond present MCPBA isn’t an option at this point and Br2/H20 would add an additional alcohol to the already present OH. I have no idea where to go from here any help is appreciated!
u/No_Variation1284 — 4 days ago