A medicinal chemist at Orgalex Labs, a little known division of a big international pharmaceutical firm, has predicted the major product of the following reaction, an early step in the synthesis of Compound R40 (rumored to be a cure for rhinitis, spontaneous combustion, and bad luck): Br OH HB As Vice-President of Research, it's your job to decide whether the chemist has made a reasonable prediction. If your answer is yes, these could be the major products of the reaction, draw the complete mechanism for the reaction below. If your answer is no, check the box under the drawing area.
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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