5. Assume that you have just successfully completed the second distillation in experiment 22 and are now holding your receiving flask, full of your product, in your hand. Briefly describe how you would go about performing a test for the presence of an alkene using bromine in dichloromethane. Be sure to describe what you would VISUALLYOBSERVE when the bromine reacts. Finally, write the curved arrow mechanism for the reaction occurring between the bromine and your product that leads to the new product formed, which you should also draw.
Reactions of Ethers
Ethers (R-O-R’) are compounds formed by replacing hydrogen atoms of an alcohol (R-OH compound) or a phenol (C6H5OH) by an aryl/ acyl group (functional group after removing single hydrogen from an aromatic ring). In this section, reaction, preparation and behavior of ethers are discussed in the context of organic chemistry.
Epoxides
Epoxides are a special class of cyclic ethers which are an important functional group in organic chemistry and generate reactive centers due to their unusual high reactivity. Due to their high reactivity, epoxides are considered to be toxic and mutagenic.
Williamson Ether Synthesis
An organic reaction in which an organohalide and a deprotonated alcohol forms ether is known as Williamson ether synthesis. Alexander Williamson developed the Williamson ether synthesis in 1850. The formation of ether in this synthesis is an SN2 reaction.
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