Custom eBook for Organic Chemistry
Custom eBook for Organic Chemistry
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Author: Straumanis
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Chapter 9, Problem 14CTQ
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Interpretation: The more stable nature of cyclopropane in an acidic medium compare to the epoxide ring is to be interpreted.

Concept introduction: Cycloalkanes are cyclic saturated hydrocarbons. With the presence of a cyclic ring, they are less stable compared to open-chain hydrocarbons. The stability of cycloalkanes depends on the number of carbon atoms present in the cyclic ring.

Epoxide ring is also a three-member ring structure with two carbon atoms and one oxygen atom in the molecule.

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