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Which is more reactive in E1, benzyl or allyl
I'm don't know the english terminology for chemistry so sorry for probably butchering some terms.
My question is, which of these is more reactive in an E1 reaction:
The bottom two are the ...
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Order of rate of acid catalysed dehydration of alcohols
The relative rate of acid catalysed dehydration of following alcohols would be:
According to me, we have to arrange them in order of their carbocation stability.
Q will be the most stable as it is ...
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Rate of dehydration of alcohols having keto group
The following question was asked in IITJEE-Screening 2000,
Which of the following will be most readily dehydrated in acidic conditions?
I thought that the answer would simply be (c), as its ...
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Stability of carbocations with -M groups in beta position
First part
The original question was to arrange the following compounds in the order of their rate of dehydration with conc. $\ce{H2SO4}$:-
(A) $\ce{CH3-CH(OH)-CH2-CH=O}$
(B) $\ce{CH3-CH(OH)-CH2-C(=O)...
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Chugaev and Selenoxide Elimination giving different products
In class we are going over intramolecular elimination. In this question I will provide two similar reactants that provide a different mixture of products.
The chugaev elimination gives a 50/50 ...
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