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2. In the late 1970's, a graduate student at a major West new classes of drugs and testing them on hims university, he began making his living by illegally addicts compound B, a synthetic analog of m synthetic procedure and self-injecting his product, he developed severe Parkinson's disease, as did several of his young clients: one person died. Che that his compound B contained two hunduts alcohol C and another compo symptoms. ( N), which, when independently iniested into animals caused the same symptom (Ironically, this has been one of the most sia fent advances in Parkinsonism research). Given the illicit chemistry outlined below show the mechanism of formation 10 compound Athen the mechanism to compound B. Student at a major West Coast university began synthesizing and testing them on himself After being expelled from making his living by illegally synthesizing and selling to her wynthetic analog of meperidine (Demcrol). After shortening product, he developed severe symptoms of ing clients, one person died. Chemists found oducts, alcohol and another compound MPTP N-bromosuccinimide peroxides A CCL HO

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ORO-OR OH Rodig w ato) O ei (sounce of Br) -OR By (Allylic bromination) pot + HN + KB (cis hydroxylation) EtOH KOH ETOH epende) AOH 16 In OH