Epoxides are highly strained and can alleviate the strain by reacting under acidic and basic conditions to give different regiochemical and stereochemical products. In this epoxide tutorial, we will cover 1. ring opening of unsubstituted epoxide 2. which nucleophiles will open an epoxide 3. regiochemical and stereochemical results of basic ring opening of asymmetrical epoxides 4. regiochemical and stereochemical results of acidic ring opening Step 3: If the nucleophilic attack takes place on a chiral epoxide, an inversion of configuration is observed. Consider the epoxide ring-opening of a chiral epoxide. 1. NaSH ? 2. H₂O Select the product or products of the reaction. SH SH SH JOH ...OH OH OH .....SH
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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