10. Addition Reactions
Hydrohalogenation
10. Addition Reactions
Hydrohalogenation - Video Tutorials & Practice Problems
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Get a 10 bullets summary of the topicThis is the most simple addition reaction, mostly because this is the example that we use to teach the mechanism in the first place. You should already be familiar with this reaction.
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General properties of hydrohalogenation.
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Note: The squiggly line on the product just means “indeterminate stereochemistry”. We aren’t sure where that –H will add, so we’ll just draw it on a squiggly line.
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Provide the mechanism
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- Draw the products of the following reactions. If the products can exist as stereoisomers show what stereoisome...
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- What is the major product of the reaction of 2-methyl-2-butene with each of the following reagents? b. HI
- What is the major product of the reaction of 2-methyl-2-butene with each of the following reagents? a. HBr
- What is the major product obtained from the reaction of HBr with each of the following? b.
- What is the major product obtained from the reaction of HBr with each of the following? a.
- a. What is the major product of each of the following reactions? 2.
- a. What is the major product of each of the following reactions? 1.
- a. Identify two alkenes that react with HBr to form 1-bromo-1-methylcyclohexane without undergoing a carbocati...
- When Br2 adds to a cis alkene that has different substituents attached to each of the two sp2 carbons, such a...
- a. Draw the product or products that will be obtained from the reaction of cis-2-butene and trans-2-butene wit...
- When HBr adds across the double bond of 1,2-dimethylcyclopentene, the product is a mixture of the cis and tran...
- Predict the major products of the following reactions, and give the structures of any intermediates. Include s...
- Predict the major products of the following reactions, and propose mechanisms to support your predictions. [SO...
- Predict the major products of the following reactions, and propose mechanisms to support your predictions. [SO...
- What is the major product of each of the following reactions, assuming that one equivalent of each reagent is ...
- Predict the product(s) of each of the following reactions. If you expect a racemic mixture, draw both enantiom...
- Suggest an alkene that, upon reaction with the appropriate hydrohalic acid, will produce only the alkyl halide...
- What is the expected product for the reaction of each of the following alkenes with (i) HBr and (ii) HCl? (d)
- Would you expect but-2-ene or 2-methylbut-2-ene to react more quickly with HBr? ...
- (•••) If you react carvone with a single equivalent of HBr, only one product is produced, even though carvone ...
- (•••) The reaction of (E)-3-chlorohex-3-ene with HCl results in the selective formation of 3,3-dichlorohexane ...
- (•) Predict the product(s) that would result when the alkenes shown here are allowed to react under the follow...
- (•) Predict the product(s) that would result when the alkenes shown here are allowed to react under the follow...
- (•) Predict the product(s) that would result when the alkenes shown here are allowed to react under the follow...
- (•) Predict the product(s) that would result when the alkenes shown here are allowed to react under the follow...
- (•) Predict the product(s) that would result when the alkenes shown here are allowed to react under the follow...
- (•) Predict the product(s) that would result when the alkenes shown here are allowed to react under the follow...
- Imagine an electrophilic addition where the first step is exothermic. Which carbocation—2° , 3° , or neither—w...
- (••) At the beginning of Chapter 9, we stated that after finishing Chapters 8 and 9, we would have the ability...
- Specify the conditions that would allow the synthesis of the 1° and 3° bromoalkanes from the same starting al...
- (•••) The following haloalkanes can all be prepared starting from the same alkene. Give the alkene and the rea...
- Protonation of which of the following alkenes would be faster? vs.
- Predict the product and provide a mechanism for the reaction of 1-methylcyclohexene with HBr.
- Provide a mechanism for the following reactions occurring with rearrangement.(b) <IMAGE>
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- Provide an arrow-pushing mechanism that rationalizes the formation of each alkyl halide in Assessment 8.19.
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- The following reaction gives two different constitutional isomers in nearly equal yields. Why doesn't this rea...
- A wayward chemist proposed the following mechanism for the addition of HBr to an alkene.<IMAGE>(a) Why i...
- a. Is the reaction of 2-butene with HBr regioselective?b. Is it stereoselective?c. Is it stereospecific?
- What alkene should be used to synthesize each of the following alkyl bromides?d. <IMAGE>
- Propose a mechanism for each of the following reactions:b. <IMAGE>
- What is the major product obtained from the addition of HBr to the following compound?<IMAGE>
- Which of the following compounds reacts with HBr more rapidly?<IMAGE>
- Of the possible products shown for the following reaction, are there any that will not be formed?<IMAGE>
- What alkene should be used to synthesize each of the following alkyl bromides?c. <IMAGE>
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