Muscalure, the sex pheromone of the common housefly, can be prepared by a reaction sequence that uses two nucleophilic substitutions. Identify compounds A-D in the following synthesis of muscalure. NaH CH3(CH2),CH,Br A NaH H-C=C-H в H2 + + H2 CHg(CH2)11CH2B H H addition of H2 C=C D CH3(CH2),CH2 CH2(CH2)1,CHg (1 equiv) muscalure

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Muscalure, the sex pheromone of the common housefly, can be prepared by a reaction sequence that uses two nucleophilic
substitutions. Identify compounds A-D in the following synthesis of muscalure.
NaH
CH3(CH2),CH,Br
A
NaH
H-C=C-H
в
H2
+
+ H2
CHg(CH2)11CH2B
H
H
addition of H2
C=C
D
CH3(CH2),CH2
CH2(CH2)1,CHg
(1 equiv)
muscalure
Transcribed Image Text:Muscalure, the sex pheromone of the common housefly, can be prepared by a reaction sequence that uses two nucleophilic substitutions. Identify compounds A-D in the following synthesis of muscalure. NaH CH3(CH2),CH,Br A NaH H-C=C-H в H2 + + H2 CHg(CH2)11CH2B H H addition of H2 C=C D CH3(CH2),CH2 CH2(CH2)1,CHg (1 equiv) muscalure
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