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Offline bns718

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Adding a carbon to a primary alkyl bromide
« on: November 29, 2012, 06:55:11 PM »
I was wondering: Let's say you have a primary alkyl bromide. How would it be possible to add one carbon directly to the end of it?
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Re: Adding a carbon to a primary alkyl bromide
« Reply #1 on: November 29, 2012, 07:14:45 PM »
Cyanide or to reverse the polarity, make a Grignard and add it to CH2O or CO2.
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