Thursday, June 22, 2017

organic chemistry - Increasing the length of a carbon chain in an alkane


What would be the best reaction to increase the carbon chain length in an alkane? Preferably, it would be by one at a time; however, if that is not possible, just generally increasing the total length of the carbon chain (such as producing pentane from propane) would be fine.


Moreover, is there a way that I can add a methyl group to a compound in the form $\ce{R-CH3}$?




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