In the presence of peroxide, styrene reacts with HBr to give X . When X reacted with magnesium in dry ether…
Solution
First step of the reaction involves free radical addition of HBr to styrene in presence of peroxide to form 1-bromo-2-phenyl ethane(X)
1-bromo-2-phenyl ethane on reaction with Mg in presence of dry ether forms a grignard reagent,Which reacts with CO2 by nucleophilic addition mechansim followed by hydrolysis to form 3-phenyl propanoic acid(Y).
3-phenyl propanoic acid(Y) reacts with PCl5 to form 3-phenyl propanoyl chloride.
3-phenyl propanoyl chloride undergoes rosenmund reduction in presence of to form 3-phenyl propan-1-al.
Hence Z is 3-phenyl propan-1-al
Asked in: AP EAMCET 2022 (04 Jul Shift 1)




