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Offline Lamp_ray30

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E2 elimination and base behaviour
« on: December 22, 2024, 07:58:15 AM »
I am trying to answer this: "Under experimental conditions favorable to the E2 elimination, what product can be expected from the treatment of (2S,3S)-2-phenyl-3-bromo-3-methylpentane with a strong base?"
I tried using Newman projections like I show in the picture but I obtained two differenti outcomes. Am I using the right method?

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Re: E2 elimination and base behaviour
« Reply #1 on: December 22, 2024, 11:36:36 AM »
Draw the right fisher projection.
It's E2 not Sn2 so you will get an alkene no alcohol.

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