The Following Synthesis Is Not Likely to Work

question 109

Multiple Choice

The following synthesis is not likely to work. Which of the following explains why?

• A) Lithium cannot react with aryl halides to form organolithium compounds.
• B) CH₃CH₂Br does not do cross coupling in Corey-Posner/Whitesides-House reactions.
• C) The cuprate formed would react with the ketone.
• D) The organolithium formed would react with the ketone.

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