Free-radical chlorination of hexane gives very poor yields of 1-chlorohexane, while cyclohexane can be converted to chlorocyclohexane in good yield. (a) How do you account for this difference? (b) What ratio of reactants (cyclohexane and chlorine) would you use for the synthesis of chlorocyclohexane?
Free-radical chlorination of hexane gives very poor yields of 1-chlorohexane, while cyclohexane can be converted to chlorocyclohexane in good yield. (a) How do you account for this difference? (b) What ratio of reactants (cyclohexane and chlorine) would you use for the synthesis of chlorocyclohexane?
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Free-radical chlorination of hexane gives very poor yields of 1-chlorohexane, while cyclohexane
can be converted to chlorocyclohexane in good yield.
(a) How do you account for this difference?
(b) What ratio of reactants (cyclohexane and chlorine) would you use for the synthesis of
chlorocyclohexane?](/v2/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcontent.bartleby.com%2Fqna-images%2Fquestion%2F8c939cff-bc46-4066-b22a-d4e55e2c89ab%2F8a938c2d-fa4b-4c0e-acdb-f47821135848%2Fdcpek1s_processed.jpeg&w=3840&q=75)
Transcribed Image Text:PROBLEM 4-4
Free-radical chlorination of hexane gives very poor yields of 1-chlorohexane, while cyclohexane
can be converted to chlorocyclohexane in good yield.
(a) How do you account for this difference?
(b) What ratio of reactants (cyclohexane and chlorine) would you use for the synthesis of
chlorocyclohexane?
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