
Essential Organic Chemistry (3rd Edition)
3rd Edition
ISBN: 9780321937711
Author: Paula Yurkanis Bruice
Publisher: PEARSON
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Chapter 8, Problem 59P
cis-4-Bromocyclohexanol and trans-4-bromocyclohexanol form the same elimination product but a different substitution product when they react with HO-.
a. Why do they form the same elimination product?
b. Explain, by showing the mechanisms, why different substitution products are obtained.
c. How many stereoisomers does each of the elimination and substitution reactions form?
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Essential Organic Chemistry (3rd Edition)
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Ch. 8.5 - Which of the following reactions will go faster if...Ch. 8.6 - After a proton is removed from the OH group, which...Ch. 8.6 - Draw the product of each of the following...Ch. 8.9 - Prob. 20PCh. 8.9 - Prob. 21PCh. 8.11 - Why do the SN1/E1 reactions of tertiary alkyl...Ch. 8.11 - Prob. 23PCh. 8.11 - Prob. 24PCh. 8.12 - Prob. 25PCh. 8.12 - Prob. 26PCh. 8.12 - Prob. 27PCh. 8.12 - a In which solvent would tert-butyl bromide...Ch. 8.13 - What would be the best way to prepare the...Ch. 8 - Methoxychlor is an insecticide that was intended...Ch. 8 - Prob. 31PCh. 8 - Prob. 32PCh. 8 - Prob. 33PCh. 8 - Prob. 34PCh. 8 - Prob. 35PCh. 8 - Prob. 36PCh. 8 - Explain how the following changes would affect the...Ch. 8 - Prob. 38PCh. 8 - Draw the major product obtained when each of the...Ch. 8 - Which alkyl halide in Problem 39 can undergo an El...Ch. 8 - Prob. 42PCh. 8 - Prob. 43PCh. 8 - Prob. 44PCh. 8 - Prob. 45PCh. 8 - Starting with bromocyclohexane, how could the...Ch. 8 - Prob. 48PCh. 8 - Fill in the blanks in the following chemical...Ch. 8 - For each of the following alkyl halides, indicate...Ch. 8 - Prob. 51PCh. 8 - a. Explain why 1-bromo-2,2-dimethylpropane has...Ch. 8 - An ether can be prepared by an SN2 reaction of an...Ch. 8 - Give two sets of reactants (each set including an...Ch. 8 - Show how the following compounds could be...Ch. 8 - Prob. 56PCh. 8 - Prob. 57PCh. 8 - Draw the structures of the products obtained from...Ch. 8 - cis-4-Bromocyclohexanol and...Ch. 8 - Prob. 60PCh. 8 - Prob. 61PCh. 8 - Prob. 62PCh. 8 - Prob. 63PCh. 8 - In which solventethanol or diethyl etherwould the...Ch. 8 - The pKa of acetic acid in water is 4.76. What...
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