why formaldehyde cannot be prepared by hydroboration of alkynes
Asked by shreesh Kulkarni
| 6th Feb, 2014,
04:39: PM
Expert Answer:
- Alkyne has minimum two carbon atoms. Hence when oxidation takes place of an alkyne by hydroboration method to form an aldehyde, the product aldehyde should possess a carbon chain of at least two carbon atoms.
- But formaldehyde contains only one carbon atom.
- Hence fromaldehyde cannot be prepared by hydroboration of alkynes.
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| 10th Feb, 2014,
10:17: AM
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