Essential Organic Chemistry, Global Edition
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Author: Paula Yurkanis Bruice
Publisher: PEARSON
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Chapter 8, Problem 37P
Explain how the following changes would affect the rate of the substitution reaction of 1-bromobutane with methoxide ion in DMF.
a. The concentration of both the
b. The solvent is changed to ethanol.
c. The nucleophile is changed to ethanol.
d. The alkyl halide is changed to 1-chlorobutane.
e. The alkyl halide is changed to 2-bromobutane.
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