ORGANIC CHEMISTRY E-BOOK W/SMARTWORK5
ORGANIC CHEMISTRY E-BOOK W/SMARTWORK5
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ISBN: 9780393664034
Author: KARTY
Publisher: NORTON
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Chapter 10, Problem 10.48P
Interpretation Introduction

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The structures of the two ethers, apart from (1-ethylpropoxy)cyclopentane, produced when cyclopentanol and pentan-3-ol were heated under acidic conditions, are to be drawn. The complete mechanism that shows how all three ethers are produced is to be drawn.

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Two molecules of alcohol condense to form an ether when heated under acidic conditions. The reaction occurs via an SN1 step because alcohols are weak nucleophiles.

Under acidic conditions, the hydroxyl (OH) group is protonated, converting it into a good leaving group. The protonated hydroxyl group departs in the first step of the subsequent SN1 reaction to produce a carbocation. Another molecule of alcohol then acts as a nucleophile and forms a CO bond to produce a protonated ether. Final deprotonation by a molecule of alcohol gives the final ether product. If only one alcohol is used, it acts as both substrate and nucleophile to give a symmetric ether. If a mixture of alcohols is used, a mixture of products is obtained. Each alcohol reacts with itself to produce one symmetric ether each. A reaction between one molecule each of the two alcohols produces one unsymmetric ether.

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