Dear all;

hope the attached file may bring some addition to this question. Regards

Dear all,

the paper is just to get an idea about some conditions applied elsewhere to convert R-Cl to R-OH. It is not concerned by the substituted palmic acid but in general it goes with the aforementioned transformation. If not, there is no more better then down-voting the answer. Regards

Dear all,

this is an additional support to the background of this field. Regards

Dear all;

Dr. Michael Päch; I have read it rapidly before to post it; sure the type of compounds are not the same but there is this transformation R-Cl to R-OH. It is clearly mentioned in the title (.....homopropargylic alcohols "R-OH" from propargyl chloride "R-Cl" and well seen in the mechanism. Regards

Dear all;

Dr. Michael Päch; I am more concentrated on the replacement of Cl by OH; other things that are going on with this transformation are to be considered in the conditions of such a transformation. I was waiting from you Dr. Michael Päch; to add something in discussing the conditions themselves even if you are not OK on this paper ; because I am 100 percent convinced that you are among the more experienced scientists I know within RG who gives judicious and severe comments on chemistry. Regards

Thanks .

boil with 1-2N NaOH and neutralise with HCl