(Solved): The following reaction illustrates the use of a cyano compound with an organolithium reagent. Draw a ...

The following reaction illustrates the use of a cyano compound with an organolithium reagent. Draw a curved arrow mechanism of the second step of this reaction. Show all intermediate structures.

Draw the expected major product of the following reduction.

Using the curved arrow formalism, draw a mechanism to show the following isomerization reaction. Draw the expected major product of the following reaction.

Propose a synthesis of the following ketone using any reagents, but you must start from ethyl acetoacetate. Based on the following scheme, draw the structures of compounds

, as well as the reagents

and

. Based on the following scheme, draw the structures of compounds

and

.

NaOH

heat There are multiple methods to convert a primary amide to a nitrile. Your textbook (section 20.7) shows the mechanism for this conversion using thionyl chloride. Using the mechanism provided in the textbook as a guide, propose a mechanism for the same conversion using acetic anhydride (a carboxylic acid anhydride). Propose a synthesis of the following ketone using any reagents, but you must start from ethyl acetoacetate. Based on the following scheme, draw the structures of compounds

, as well as the reagents

and

.