What Is the Best Choice of Reagent(s) to Perform the Following

question 34

Multiple Choice

What is the best choice of reagent(s) to perform the following transformation?

• A) H₂O, H₂SO₄
• B) Hg(OAc)₂ and H₂O; followed by NaBH₄
• C) BH₃; followed by H₂O₂, NaOH
• D) OsO₄; followed by NaHSO₃

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Definitions:

Paedomorphosis

Retention of juvenile or larval features in a sexually mature animal.

Allometric Growth

Variation in the relative rates of growth for different parts of the body during development.

Macroevolution

Large-scale evolutionary events over long time spans. Macroevolution results in phenotypic changes in populations that are significant enough to warrant their placement in taxonomic groups at the species level and higher. Compare with microevolution.

Adaptive Radiation

The rapid diversification of a single ancestor species into a wide variety of forms with different ecological niches.