
Essential Organic Chemistry (3rd Edition)
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ISBN: 9780321937711
Author: Paula Yurkanis Bruice
Publisher: PEARSON
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Chapter 8, Problem 66P
The pKa of acetic acid in water is 4.76. What effect would a decrease in the polarity of the solvent have on the pKa? Why?
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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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