Organic Chemistry: Principles and Mechanisms (Second Edition)
Organic Chemistry: Principles and Mechanisms (Second Edition)
2nd Edition
ISBN: 9780393663556
Author: Joel Karty
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
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Chapter 10, Problem 10.50P
Interpretation Introduction

Interpretation:

The stereoisomer of 3-bromobutan-2-ol that, on heating in the presence of sodium hydroxide, will produce an optically inactive epoxide is to be drawn and named.

Concept introduction:

In the presence of a strong base such as sodium hydroxide, a haloalcohol undergoes an intramolecular SN2 reaction to form an epoxide if the hydroxyl group and the halogen are on adjacent carbons. For an SN2 mechanism, the hydroxyl group must be in a position to launch a backside attack on the carbon to which the halogen is attached. This means the HOCCX dihedral angle must be 180o.

If the two carbon atoms of the reactant that form the epoxide ring are chiral carbons and the epoxide formed must be optically inactive, it must have a plane of symmetry, provided there are no other chiral carbons in the substituents.

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