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The Following Synthesis Is Not Likely to Work

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The following synthesis is not likely to work. Which of the following explains why? The following synthesis is not likely to work. Which of the following explains why?   A)  Lithium cannot react with aryl halides to form organolithium compounds. B)  CH<sub>3</sub>CH<sub>2</sub>Br does not do cross coupling in Corey-Posner/Whitesides-House reactions. C)  The cuprate formed would react with the ketone. D)  The organolithium formed would react with the ketone.


A) Lithium cannot react with aryl halides to form organolithium compounds.
B) CH3CH2Br does not do cross coupling in Corey-Posner/Whitesides-House reactions.
C) The cuprate formed would react with the ketone.
D) The organolithium formed would react with the ketone.

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