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Dehydrogenation?
« on: July 12, 2014, 11:44:09 AM »
I believe a) is 2-chlorobutane (substitution reaction?), but i am lost when it comes to b). Is the cu part of dehydrogenation reaction? If so then i would think that it may be ethylmethyl ether, but i am not positive. Thoughts? thank you :)

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Re: Dehydrogenation?
« Reply #1 on: July 12, 2014, 12:09:40 PM »
Think about copper get burnt first in a flame and the colour turns black then it will get contact with the alcohol, the colour is again copper red. What happend? The smell is like fingernail thinner.

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Re: Dehydrogenation?
« Reply #2 on: July 12, 2014, 03:42:23 PM »
I believe you made a 2 degree alcohol; a ketone? The suffix for a ketone is -one so 2-butanone? But I feel my answer to A is thus wrong then....and i feel it may be instead 2-methoxybutane
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Re: Dehydrogenation?
« Reply #3 on: July 12, 2014, 04:47:12 PM »
I believe you made a 2 degree alcohol; a ketone? The suffix for a ketone is -one so 2-butanone? But I feel my answer to A is thus wrong then....and i feel it may be instead 2-methoxybutane

What's the better leaving group, chloride or methoxy?

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Re: Dehydrogenation?
« Reply #4 on: July 13, 2014, 02:54:59 PM »
I think the chloride; do you agree?

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