Organic Chemistry
Organic Chemistry
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ISBN: 9781118133576
Author: T. W. Graham Solomons, Craig Fryhle
Publisher: Wiley, John & Sons, Incorporated
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Chapter 21, Problem 35P

In protic solvents the naphthoxide ion (I) is alkylated primarily at position 1 (C-alkylation) whereas in polar aprotic solvents, such as DMF, the product is almost exclusively the result of a conventional Williamson ether synthesis (O-alkylation):

Chapter 21, Problem 35P, In protic solvents the naphthoxide ion (I) is alkylated primarily at position 1 (C-alkylation)

Why does the change in solvent make a difference?

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