The document summarizes various methods for interconverting functional groups, including increasing or decreasing the carbon chain length, and transforming between single, double, and triple bonds. It also outlines reactions such as converting alcohols to aldehydes or carboxylic acids; aldehydes to alcohols; carboxylic acids to esters or amines; amines to amides, nitriles, or nitro groups; and nitro groups to amines. The document was prepared by Rimsha Bakhtawar Rasheed as part of an MSc in Chemistry coursework.

1. FUNCTIONAL GROUP
INTERCONVERSION
PREPARED BY RIMSHA BAKHTAWAR RASHEED
MSC CHEMISTRY
7-5-2021

2. CONTENTS
• INCREASE CARBON CHAIN
• DECREASE CARBON CHAIN
• SINGLE DOUBLE TRIPLE
• TRIPLE DOUBLE SINGLE
• ALCOHOL TO ALDEHYDE
• ALCOHOL TO CARBOXYLIC ACID
• ALDEHYDE TO ALCOHOL
• CARBOXYLIC ACIDTO ESTER
• CARBOXYLIC ACIDTO AMINE
• AMINETO NITRO
• NITRILE TO ALDEHYDE
• ALCOHOL TO AMINE
• AMINE TO AMIDE
• NITROTO AMINE

3. FOE EVEN NUMBER OF CARBON

4. FOR ODD NUMBER OF CARBON

5. CARBON DOWN REACTION

6. SINGLE TO DOUBLE TO TRIPLE

7. TRIPLE TO DOUBLE TO SINGLE

9. ALCOHOL TO ALDEHYDE
PCC/PDC use only for primary alcohols

10. ALDEHYDE TO ALCOHOL

11. ALCOHOL TO CARBOXYLIC ACID

12. CARBOXYLIC ACID TO ESTER

13. CARBOXYLIC ACID TO AMINE

14. ALCOHOL TO AMINE

15. AMINE TO AMIDE

16. NITRO TO AMINE

17. AMINE TO NITRO

18. NITRILE TO ALDEHYDE

19. THANKU