Chapter15: The Chemistry Of Household Products
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Problem 38E
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this drug contains one or more building blocks derived from either ethylene oxide or epichlorohydrin.Identify the part of each molecule that can be derived from one or the other of the building block and propose structural formulas for the nucleophile(s) that can be used along with either ethylene oxide or epichlorohydrin to synthesize each molecule.
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Ethylene oxide is also called oxirane which is a three membered cyclic ring containing an ether functional group.
Epichlorohydrin in addition to the oxirane consists of a reactive functional group.
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