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Write the structure of the major produeach of the following reaction.Acetone |
Answer» <p>answer is CH3-CH2-CH2-I </p><p>This operates by theSN2mechanism. The iodide ion is a reasonably good nucleophile, and adds asI−</p><p>Explanation:</p><p>R−Cl + Na+I−→R−I +NaCl↓</p><p>Because sodium iodide is much more soluble than sodium chloride in acetone, when you do this you see a glassy precipitate of sodium chloride in the acetone. I think there is a named organic spot test for this reaction (its name escapes me at the moment, I should not have finished that bottle of wine last night!). If you have time in an organic laboratory it would be worth your while to do this reaction in a small test tube so you can notice the turbidity of the sodium chloride when it precipitates</p> | |