5. Chauncy, an organic chemistry I class student, conducted the following dehydrohalogenation reaction. He expected to get product A only, but to his surprise, he obtained a total of five products (of which three (A, B, and Care shown below). Chauncy figured out that somehow there must have been rearrangement(s) going on, but since he skipped a few class lectures in chem 231, he was lost. Can you help him out by showing how the three products arose, being sure to show the key steps in the mechanism for each product, Also, for products A and B, which will be the major product, and why? CH,OH ocH3 Mor heat
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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