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Offline JMaria

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Help with a reaction...?
« on: July 28, 2014, 10:05:14 PM »
So I have a reaction with 2-methyl-2-octene (lq) and HCl (lq) with heat and CH2Cl2.

I think the HCl adds in Markovnikov fashion but I've only seen the CH2Cl2 associated with halogenation and the heat with radical reactions so I'm not sure what it's there for.

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Re: Help with a reaction...?
« Reply #1 on: July 28, 2014, 10:53:25 PM »
As a solvent?
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Re: Help with a reaction...?
« Reply #2 on: July 28, 2014, 11:22:36 PM »
Well it has the 2-methyl-2-octene and then + HCl and then an arrow beside it with a delta on top and a CH2Cl2 on the bottom.

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Re: Help with a reaction...?
« Reply #3 on: July 29, 2014, 02:04:26 AM »
Then it is a solvent
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Re: Help with a reaction...?
« Reply #4 on: July 29, 2014, 02:42:32 AM »
So is the product 2-chloro-2-methyloctane? And the heat is required for the reaction to occur and the methylene chloride is the solvent which can be in excess?

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Re: Help with a reaction...?
« Reply #5 on: July 29, 2014, 03:06:42 AM »
Yes, that is the product.  Heat speeds the reaction up exponentially (kforward), and it increases the yield (kforward/kbackwards.  The solvent is in excess. 

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