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Offline fran008

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Major Product
« on: September 18, 2005, 08:40:15 AM »
What is the major products in reactions like

CH3CH2CHCH3
            l
            OH

Is it : CH3CH=CHCH3

                 or
 
          CH3CH2CH=CH2

                ?
And why is this so?
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Re:Major Product
« Reply #1 on: September 18, 2005, 11:15:58 AM »
I hate to make you sift through all the non-related stuff on the page I'm about to give you...but if you have to solve this type of reaction in your chemistry class, then the rest of it is probably relevant information you should know anyways:

http://www.chemguide.co.uk/mechanisms/elim/dhcomplex.html
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Re:Major Product
« Reply #2 on: September 18, 2005, 12:26:48 PM »
the reason that you get CH3CH=CHCH3 is that it's the thermodynamically more stable product. the process is called Saytzeff elimination.
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