Organic Chemistry
Organic Chemistry
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ISBN: 9781118875766
Author: T. W. Graham Solomons, Craig B. Fryhle, Scott A. Snyder
Publisher: WILEY
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Chapter 11, Problem 20PP
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An explanation regarding the mechanism for the given observation is to be provided.

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When a strong nucleophile, such as an alkoxide or a hydroxide ion, reacts with an epoxide ring, the ring gets opened.

The reaction proceeds by SN2 mechanism. The attack of the alkoxide ion takes place at the less hindered carbon atom.

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