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Offline BreeezyHani

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Find the Product and Mechanism
« on: November 03, 2012, 06:02:10 PM »
Okay I was trying to find the product of the following reaction and I din't know if i'm right.

1,2-dihydroxyethane + 1,2 dibromo ethane + strong base---> ?

What is the product? Is it Sn1 or sn2? Please help i'm trying to see if i'm doingg it correctly. Thanks.

EDIT: I got a ring product
« Last Edit: November 03, 2012, 06:12:14 PM by BreeezyHani »
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Re: Find the Product and Mechanism
« Reply #1 on: November 03, 2012, 06:09:30 PM »
Please post your initial attempt...
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Re: Find the Product and Mechanism
« Reply #2 on: November 06, 2012, 02:22:05 AM »
If it were an SN1 reaction, the reaction rate would be independent of the base and ethane-1,2-diol. Do you think the dibromoethane will form a carbocation + bromide?
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