Organic Chemistry
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Chapter FRP, Problem 38P
In addition to more highly fluorinated products, fluorination of 2-methylbutane yields a mixture of compounds with the formula
(a) How many different isomers with the formula
(b) If the mixture of
(c) Which fractions would be optically inactive?
(d) Which would you be able to resolve into enantiomers?
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