Use the retrosynthetic approach to devise a reasonable synthesis of each of the

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Question

Use the retrosynthetic approach to devise a reasonable synthesis of each of the following compounds. Starting materials may be any stable compounds containing six or fewer carbon atoms. Show your complete retrosynthetic analysis of each synthesis.

Then, write out the synthesis of each compound including reagents and reaction conditions.

1) 5-butyl-6-ethyl-1,5-octadiene

2) 3-methyl-1-phenyl-1-butanone

3) 4-propyl-4-heptanol

4) (3-methyl-1-hexenyl)-cyclopentane

*Please write this out in complete form as clear as possible. Thank you!