This is a section that is going to be part of an upcoming labquiz. The section involves an experiment we have covered thissemester. In the experiment we reacted trans-cinnamaldehyde with benzyltriphenylphosphonium chloride in a "wittig" reaction tof orm (E,E)-1,4-diphenyl-1,3-butadiene. The experimentinvolved us mixing trans-cinnamaldehyde andbenzyltriphenylphosphonium chloride and DCM. When those weremixed we added 50% NaOH once we started our magnetic stirbar. When all was said and done(E,E)-1,4-diphenyl-1,3-butadiene was formed.
1. Assume you began with cis-cinnamaldehyde rather than the transform, which isomeric forms might you obtain?
2. Using E,Z nomenclature, how would you name an isomer containing alternating double bonds in the order of cis, cis, trans,trans, cis?