Problems and exercisesAldehydes and ketones
Exercise 1
What product does the Baeyer–Villiger oxidation give from (a) cyclopentanone, (b) 3-methylbutan-2-one and (c) benzaldehyde?
Exercise 2
Ethyl 4-oxopentanoate must be converted into (a) ethyl 4-hydroxypentanoate and (b) ethyl pentanoate. Which reagents would you use? Would the Clemmensen or the Wolff–Kishner reduction be suitable for (b)?