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Chemistry Forums for Students => Organic Chemistry Forum => Topic started by: koolman on May 25, 2016, 01:15:46 PM

Title: ether cleavage
Post by: koolman on May 25, 2016, 01:15:46 PM

In the following reactions why no products is formed .

Why the products I tried to formed is not formed .

Title: Re: ether cleavage
Post by: OCSaviour on May 25, 2016, 01:56:37 PM

Can you please post the mechanism that you used?

Title: Re: ether cleavage
Post by: koolman on May 25, 2016, 02:10:04 PM

Ocsaviour
 The mechanism would be like this

Title: Re: ether cleavage
Post by: discodermolide on May 25, 2016, 11:35:38 PM

In your original post you have NaOMe as the reagent. In the mechanism HBr. So which did you use?

Title: Re: ether cleavage
Post by: koolman on May 26, 2016, 04:30:55 AM

I posted a general mechanism

Title: Re: ether cleavage
Post by: discodermolide on May 26, 2016, 05:40:20 AM

That mechanism uses HBr.
In your original post you have NaOMe as the reagent.
What is the difference between HBr and NaOMe?

Title: Re: ether cleavage
Post by: koolman on May 26, 2016, 07:06:29 AM

Thats the only doubt I have.

Title: Re: ether cleavage
Post by: OCSaviour on May 26, 2016, 09:19:14 AM

MeONa is a salt of weak acid and strong base. This should help you with your question now.