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ISBN: 9780134042282

Author: Paula Yurkanis Bruice

Publisher: PEARSON

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Organic synthesis is a branch of chemical synthesis that involves the planned construction of organic compounds/molecules from smaller units that possess functional groups. Friedrich Wöhler was the first scientist who designed the synthesis of an organic…

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Chapter 9, Problem 102P

cis-1-Bromo-4-tert-butylcyclohexane and trans-1-bromo-4-tert-butylcyclohexane both react with sodium ethoxide in ethanol to form 4-tert-butylcyclohexene. Explain why the cis isomer reacts much more rapidly than the trans isomer.

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Organic Chemistry (8th Edition)

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cis -1-Bromo-4- tert -butylcyclohexane and trans -1-bromo-4- tert -butylcyclohexane both react with sodium ethoxide in ethanol to form 4- tert -butylcyclohexene. Explain why the cis isomer reacts much more rapidly than the trans isomer.

Solution Summary: The author explains that an E2 reaction is a concerted, one-step reaction in which the proton and the halide ion are removed in the same step.

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