Question

show how to convert cyclohexanol to these compounds?
a) cyclohexene
b) cyclohexane
c) cyclohexanone
d) bromocyclohexane

Answer 1

I suggest you look in your text, or notes, under "reactions of cyclohexanol" or " reactions of cycloalcohols." For starters, can cyclohexanol be dehydrated with something like H2SO4 to make the alkene without degrading the cyclic ring? If so that will make the hexene. Then hydrogenate that to make the cyclohexane. Don't alcohols produce ketones when oxidized? Does Br2 add to cyclohexane the same way Br2 adds to benzene?