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Number of products on dehydrobromination
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The total number of alkene products possible from the dehydrobromination of 3-bromo-3-cyclopentylhexane using alcohol KOH is :
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Determining the stereochemistry of the product(s) when an alkyl shift in a carbocation generates a chiral carbon
Consider this carbocation:
We know that this carbocation would immediately rearrange - by a methyl shift - to form the more stable carbocation.
Now, notice that the migration will produce a chiral ...
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