Organic Chemistry (9th Edition)
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Author: Leroy G. Wade, Jan W. Simek
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Chapter 6, Problem 6.47SP
Strawberry growers have used large quantities of methyl bromide (b.p. 4 °C) to sterilize the soil before planting their crops. Like some of the freons, methyl bromide can diffuse up into the stratosphere, where it damages the protective ozone layer. Agricultural chemists have suggested using methyl iodide (b.p. 43 °C) as a replacement for methyl bromide. Why is methyl iodide likely to be more toxic to agricultural pests (and people) than methyl bromide? Why is methyl iodide less likely to reach the stratosphere than methyl bromide?
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Organic Chemistry (9th Edition)
Ch. 6.1 - Classify each compound as an alkyl halide, a vinyl...Ch. 6.2 - Give the structures of the following compounds. a....Ch. 6.2 - For each of the following compounds, A. give the...Ch. 6.3E - Prob. 6.4PCh. 6.4 - Prob. 6.5PCh. 6.5A - For each pair of compounds, predict which compound...Ch. 6.5B - Prob. 6.7PCh. 6.6B - Prob. 6.8PCh. 6.6B - The light-initiated reaction of...Ch. 6.6B - Show how free-radical halogenation might be used...
Ch. 6.7 - Prob. 6.11PCh. 6.7 - Prob. 6.12PCh. 6.8 - Prob. 6.13PCh. 6.9 - Predict the major products of the following...Ch. 6.9 - Prob. 6.15PCh. 6.10A - Prob. 6.16PCh. 6.11A - When diethyl ether (CH3CH2OCH2CH3) is treated with...Ch. 6.11B - Prob. 6.18PCh. 6.11B - For each pair of compounds, state which compound...Ch. 6.12 - Prob. 6.20PCh. 6.12 - Under appropriate conditions...Ch. 6.13 - Propose an SN1 mechanism for the solvolysis of...Ch. 6.13B - Prob. 6.23PCh. 6.13B - 3-Bromocyclohexene is a secondary halide, and...Ch. 6.15 - Prob. 6.25PCh. 6.15 - Prob. 6.26PCh. 6.16 - For each reaction, give the expected substitution...Ch. 6.16 - Prob. 6.28PCh. 6.16 - Prob. 6.29PCh. 6 - Prob. 6.30SPCh. 6 - Draw the structures of the following compounds. a....Ch. 6 - Give systematic (IUPAC) names for the following...Ch. 6 - Prob. 6.33SPCh. 6 - Predict the compound in each pair that will...Ch. 6 - Prob. 6.35SPCh. 6 - Give two syntheses for (CH3)2CHOCH2CH3, and...Ch. 6 - Prob. 6.37SPCh. 6 - Prob. 6.38SPCh. 6 - Chlorocyclohexane reacts with sodium cyanide...Ch. 6 - Give the substitution products expected from...Ch. 6 - Prob. 6.41SPCh. 6 - Prob. 6.42SPCh. 6 - Two of the carbocations in Problem6-42 are prone...Ch. 6 - Prob. 6.44SPCh. 6 - Predict the products of the following SN2...Ch. 6 - Prob. 6.46SPCh. 6 - Strawberry growers have used large quantities of...Ch. 6 - A solution of pure (S)-2-iodobutane ([]=+15.90) in...Ch. 6 - Prob. 6.49SPCh. 6 - Give a mechanism to explain the two products...Ch. 6 - Prob. 6.51SPCh. 6 - Because the SN1 reaction goes through a flat...Ch. 6 - Prob. 6.53SPCh. 6 - Furfuryl chloride can undergo substitution by both...Ch. 6 - Prob. 6.55SPCh. 6 - The following reaction takes place under...Ch. 6 - Propose mechanisms to account for the observed...Ch. 6 - Prob. 6.58SPCh. 6 - Prob. 6.59SP
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