A ketone undergoes acid-catalyzed bromination, acid-catalyzed chlorination, racemization, (see page 408)and acid-catalyzed deuterium exchange at the a-carbon. All of these reactions have similar rate constants.What does this tell you about the mechanisms of these reactions?

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Q: 1. When butan-1-ol, A, is oxidized using PCC under rigorously anhydrous conditions, an aldehyde, B,…

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Q: Draw the structures of the intermediate bromonium and cyclic carbocation and propose mechanisms for…

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Q: elimination reaction between 2-bromobutane and NaOCH2CH3 gives two organic products.  Draw a…

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Q: Enamines can serve as enolate surrogates in reactions at the a-carbon. In the reaction sequence, the…

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Q: (a) Propose a mechanism for the conversion of cis-hex-3-ene to the epoxide (3,4-epoxyhexane)and the…

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Q: A ketone undergoes acid-catalyzed bromination, acid-catalyzed chlorination, racemization, and…

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Q: 1. When butan-1-ol, A, is oxidized using PCC under rigorously anhydrous conditions, an aldehyde, B,…

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Q: A ketone undergoes acid-catalyzed bromination, acid-catalyzed chlorination, racemization, and…

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Q: When sodium methoxide base and hydrogen bromide are removed from trans-1-bromo 2-methyl cyclohexane,…

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Q: As we will learn in Chapter 9, an epoxide is an ether with an oxygen atom in a three-membered ring.…

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Q: Draw the organic product obtained on treatment of each of the following two alkenes with bromine:…

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