To prepare 1-methylcycloheptanol, which of the following compounds could you use?

Question

A. 1-methylcycloheptene

B. heptene

C. cycloheptene

D. none of these choices

Answer 1

A. 1-Methycycloheptene

You can use 2 methods to prepare 1-methycycloheptanol from 1-methycycloheptene.

The first reaction is a hydration where you combine 1-methycycloheptene with water and dilute sulfuric acid as a catalyst to form 1-methycycloheptanol.

The second method is an oxymercuration-demercuration reaction. Both of the above reactions will follow a Markovnikov addition to the C=C double bond of the alkene.