Essential Organic Chemistry (3rd Edition)
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ISBN: 9780321937711
Author: Paula Yurkanis Bruice
Publisher: PEARSON
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Chapter 8, Problem 37P
Explain how the following changes would affect the rate of the substitution reaction of 1-bromobutane with methoxide ion in DMF.
a. The concentration of both the
b. The solvent is changed to ethanol.
c. The nucleophile is changed to ethanol.
d. The alkyl halide is changed to 1-chlorobutane.
e. The alkyl halide is changed to 2-bromobutane.
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Essential Organic Chemistry (3rd Edition)
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Ch. 8.5 - Which of the following reactions will go faster if...Ch. 8.6 - After a proton is removed from the OH group, which...Ch. 8.6 - Draw the product of each of the following...Ch. 8.9 - Prob. 20PCh. 8.9 - Prob. 21PCh. 8.11 - Why do the SN1/E1 reactions of tertiary alkyl...Ch. 8.11 - Prob. 23PCh. 8.11 - Prob. 24PCh. 8.12 - Prob. 25PCh. 8.12 - Prob. 26PCh. 8.12 - Prob. 27PCh. 8.12 - a In which solvent would tert-butyl bromide...Ch. 8.13 - What would be the best way to prepare the...Ch. 8 - Methoxychlor is an insecticide that was intended...Ch. 8 - Prob. 31PCh. 8 - Prob. 32PCh. 8 - Prob. 33PCh. 8 - Prob. 34PCh. 8 - Prob. 35PCh. 8 - Prob. 36PCh. 8 - Explain how the following changes would affect the...Ch. 8 - Prob. 38PCh. 8 - Draw the major product obtained when each of the...Ch. 8 - Which alkyl halide in Problem 39 can undergo an El...Ch. 8 - Prob. 42PCh. 8 - Prob. 43PCh. 8 - Prob. 44PCh. 8 - Prob. 45PCh. 8 - Starting with bromocyclohexane, how could the...Ch. 8 - Prob. 48PCh. 8 - Fill in the blanks in the following chemical...Ch. 8 - For each of the following alkyl halides, indicate...Ch. 8 - Prob. 51PCh. 8 - a. Explain why 1-bromo-2,2-dimethylpropane has...Ch. 8 - An ether can be prepared by an SN2 reaction of an...Ch. 8 - Give two sets of reactants (each set including an...Ch. 8 - Show how the following compounds could be...Ch. 8 - Prob. 56PCh. 8 - Prob. 57PCh. 8 - Draw the structures of the products obtained from...Ch. 8 - cis-4-Bromocyclohexanol and...Ch. 8 - Prob. 60PCh. 8 - Prob. 61PCh. 8 - Prob. 62PCh. 8 - Prob. 63PCh. 8 - In which solventethanol or diethyl etherwould the...Ch. 8 - The pKa of acetic acid in water is 4.76. What...
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