[UHStudent1138]

So, three questions:

1. I know double bond adjacency to a carbocation is stabilizing.  Are carbanions also stabilized by an adjacent double bond?

2. Why is the E2 favored product of CH3(CH2)15CH2CH2Br +(CH3)3CO^-K⁺ lead to CH3(CH2)15CH=CH2?

Finally, when adding a bromo tert butate to ethanol, what is the point of including Et-O^-Na⁺ ?


I'm a new poster, so please let me know if there's some place these questions have already been answered or if I forgot something important in the post.

[Dan]

Two things:

i) Please show us that you have attempted the questions.
ii) Please take a moment to format your chemical formulae properly.

More information here.

As for your questions:

1. What do you think - would you expect a stabilising effect (and why/why not)?
2. What other E2 products do you think are possible?
3. Please explain what the reaction in question is - it is unclear from your post.