What is the major organic product(s) obtained from the following reaction? Show mechanism Br H3C-CEC: Na 3-methyl-1-pentyne .3-methyl-2-pentyne 1-propene + propyne 1. 4-methyl-2-pentene An organic chemist wanted to synthesize the analgesic 2-ethoxy-2- methylpropane (an ether). He reacted 2-chloro-2-methylpropane with ethoxide ion, but did not isolate any of the desired ether. a) What was the product of his synthesis?
What is the major organic product(s) obtained from the following reaction? Show mechanism Br H3C-CEC: Na 3-methyl-1-pentyne .3-methyl-2-pentyne 1-propene + propyne 1. 4-methyl-2-pentene An organic chemist wanted to synthesize the analgesic 2-ethoxy-2- methylpropane (an ether). He reacted 2-chloro-2-methylpropane with ethoxide ion, but did not isolate any of the desired ether. a) What was the product of his synthesis?
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Transcribed Image Text:What is the major organic product(s) obtained from the following reaction? Show
mechanism
Br
H3C-CEC: Na
3-methyl-1-pentyne
.3-methyl-2-pentyne
1-propene + propyne
1. 4-methyl-2-pentene

Transcribed Image Text:An organic chemist wanted to synthesize the analgesic 2-ethoxy-2-
methylpropane (an ether). He reacted 2-chloro-2-methylpropane with
ethoxide ion, but did not isolate any of the desired ether.
a) What was the product of his synthesis?
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