Identify the product:

my answer: 2-phenylcyclopent-1-ylmethanol

given answer: 2-phenylcyclopent-3-ene-1-ylmethanol

am i correct??

if not explain by which mechanism LiAlH4 reduces! :)

thanks in advance! [1]

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Pritish Chakraborty ·

I have a bit of a doubt in this question...about whether it follows the regular aldol condensation mechanism. Hydrolysis/heat is the last step of the aldol condensation, after the ring has formed. But here, there will be no -OH for that...O- will reform its pi bond to make C=O by expelling -Cl as a leaving group. So what purpose does hydrolysis and heat have?
For your grouse with LiAlH4, it reduces double bonds only if -Ph is at a position beta to the double bond. By regular aldol, the double bond would be alpha to the phenyl group.

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AKHIL ·

u must be doin some mistake in conversion of B to C
otherwise it is aldol condensation only!!

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karan5555 ·

subhomoy i think u r r8..
i am gettin somewht the same ans

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Pritish Chakraborty ·


Subho - 1, Book - 0. Which book do you refer to anyway???

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Subhomoy Bakshi ·

i think it was in FIITJEE Archive...i do not remember..or might be arihant! :P

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