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Offline Roddy

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What mechinism do I use here?
« on: April 07, 2010, 04:00:57 PM »
I have 1-Bromo-3-methylpentane and add it to propan-1-olate in PrOH.  Would this be an E2 reaction with the product being an alkene?
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Re: What mechinism do I use here?
« Reply #1 on: April 07, 2010, 05:44:48 PM »
Yea the base is not hindered and therefore won't result in hoffman product, SN2 might work not sure about that though.
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Re: What mechinism do I use here?
« Reply #2 on: April 07, 2010, 05:48:46 PM »
I think I figured this one out.  I used SN2 and my major product being: /\/\o/\ (CH3CH(CH3)CH2OCH2CH3) with a methyl group there on carbon 2. I used SN2 because the substrate is a primary halide and the nucleophile base is unhindered.
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