<p>For #2 I did a robertsonian annulation and decarboxylation along with pd/c with H2.</p>
<p>wait why did you do pd/c and h2? i’m forgetting what the final product looked like, i can only remember my steps i think</p>
<p>Ditto with Mech except for the second synthesis I worked up with NaBH4/MeOH to reduce the ketone</p>
<p>uh oh lol, i think i thought the product was something else, what did it look like?</p>
<p>It was a hexaspyro ring with a hydroxyl function at the top I think?</p>
<p>so you did the same thing as me except for the last step equi?</p>
<p>I did this robertsonian annulation which gave me this ring that had a alpha beta unsaturated bond so I used pd/c to get rid of that and than heat to decarboxylate.</p>
<p>Please stop talking about synthesis. Lol. I completely missed both. (Got first steps and then didn’t know what to use anymore)</p>
<p>i dont even remember a hydroxy function, dammit</p>
<p>anyone know when grades are coming out? did anyone’s GSI say anything/</p>
<p>Well robertsonian is like cross claison esterification that makes a ring so its like the same thing.</p>
<p>yeah i did the claison with the decarboxylation and the NabH4/MeOH at the end, pretty sure that was right</p>
<p>and i was confused about the 4 diastereomers thing for a a while but think i figured it out… you end up with methyl groups on both carbons where the double bond was?</p>
<p>uhh i think so flutter, can’t really remember that well tho lol</p>
<p>hey who has the female GSI wearing plaid today? Or I think it was plaid. She was kinda cute and totz checked meh out. :D</p>
<p>her name is Terrence</p>