Organic Chemistry: Principles And Mechanisms
Organic Chemistry: Principles And Mechanisms
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ISBN: 9780393630756
Author: KARTY, Joel
Publisher: W.w. Norton & Company,
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Chapter 10, Problem 10.64P
Interpretation Introduction

Interpretation:

The complete mechanism that leads to the three alkenes produced by N-ethylhexan-3-amine under Hofmann elimination conditions is to be drawn, and the major product is to be predicted.

Concept introduction:

Hofmann elimination is an E2 elimination of an amine group along with a β hydrogen to produce an alkene. Unlike most elimination reactions that preferentially form the most substituted alkenes, Hofmann elimination preferentially forms the least substituted alkene.

When two different types of β hydrogens are present, the one from the less substituted carbon is removed preferentially. The leaving group in Hofmann elimination is a bulky tertiary amine group NR3. An E2 reaction is a single-step concerted reaction. It requires that the two groups that are eliminated must be anti to each other. The most stable conformer has the β hydrogen in anti position on the less substituted carbon. This gives a least substituted alkene as the major product.

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