Questions tagged [intramolecular-reaction]
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Decomposition Redox Rxn Vs. Intramolecular Redox Rxn
I'm trying to understand what is the difference between decomposition redox reaction and intramolecular redox reaction? Are they synonymous? Is there a reaction which belongs to one but not the other ...
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Using Thionyl Chloride with tertiary alcohol
I have a question regarding using $\ce{SOCl2}$ to convert an alcohol into a alkyl halide.
The Klein book mentions that $\ce{SOCl2}$ is only used for primary and secondary alcohol; however, in the ...
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What mechanism do reaction of PCl5 follows, SNi or SN2?
I was taught that $\ce{PCl5}$ reacts with alcohols by $S_Ni$ mechanism as shown below:
Here it can be seen that $\ce{PCl5}$ exists as $\ce{[PCl4]+[PCl6]-}$ and so lone pair of the alcohol is donated ...
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