Acid-catalyzed dehydration of 4-methyl-2-pentanol gives the following five methylpentenes:
OH
Separate sheet: Using curved arrows to show the flow of electrons, show how each of the five methylpentenes could be formed under the reaction conditions. Be sure to show all proton transfers and rearrangements explicitly. Alkenes A, B, and C require no carbocation rearrangement, while D requires one and E requires two.
Name the five methylpentenes using IUPAC systematic nomenclature.
Part II: Complete the following table. Determine the number of types of signals that would be present in the ¹H and ¹³C NMR.
# of ¹H Types
# of ¹³C Types
Alkene
IUPAC Name
4-methyl-2-pentene
5
4-methyl-1-pentene
2-methyl-2-pentene
2-methyl-2-pentene
4
5
5
5
6