Organic Chemistry (9th Edition)
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Author: Leroy G. Wade, Jan W. Simek
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Chapter 6.13B, Problem 6.24P
3-Bromocyclohexene is a secondary halide, and benzyl bromide is a primary halide Both halides undergo SN1 substitution about as fast as most tertiary halides Use resonance structures to explain this enhanced reactivity.
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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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