Essential Organic Chemistry, Global Edition
3rd Edition
ISBN: 9781292089034
Author: Paula Yurkanis Bruice
Publisher: PEARSON
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Chapter 14, Problem 15P
- a. Would chlorination or bromination produce a greater yield of 2–halo–2,3–dimethylbutane?
- b. Would chlorination or bromination be a better way to make 1–halo–2,2–dimethylpropane?
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Essential Organic Chemistry, Global Edition
Ch. 14.2 - Write the mechanism for the monobromination of...Ch. 14.2 - Prob. 2PCh. 14.4 - Prob. 3PCh. 14.4 - Which of the hydrogens in the structure in the...Ch. 14.4 - How many alkyl chlorides can be obtained from...Ch. 14.4 - Prob. 7PCh. 14.5 - Prob. 9PCh. 14.6 - a. Which ether is most apt to form a peroxide? b....Ch. 14.7 - Prob. 11PCh. 14 - Prob. 12P
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