Organic Chemistry (6th Edition)
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Author: Janice Gorzynski Smith
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Chapter 10, Problem 62P
Bromoetherification, the addition of the elements of
constructing rings containing oxygen atoms. This reaction has been used in the synthesis of the polyether
antibiotic monensin (Problem 21.37). Draw a stepwise mechanism for the following intramolecular
bromoetherification reaction.
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