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Chemistry Forums for Students => High School Chemistry Forum => Topic started by: redbaron on May 24, 2006, 04:44:52 PM
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Hello,
We're learning organic chemistry in my chem class, and I have a question on my homework that has stumped me and my friends. It is a replacement reaction, which I haven't learned yet. The question asks how to get 2-methylhexanonitrile from 2-methylhexane. If I am correct, you would start with:
CH3 H H H H
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H3C - C - C - C - C - CH3
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H H H H H
and try to replace the ending CH3 (H3C) with and NC to get something like:
CH3 H H H H
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NC - C - C - C - C - CH3
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H H H H H
But how could you achieve this though without replacing all of the CH3 molecules? Can anyone help?
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Check out the heating. However, you won't yield this product only.
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That was my first thought too, but as Albert said, it will be messy.
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Well, you know, Dan, it's just an exercise, isn't it? We may even use F2.
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Ah, thanks for the help- I'll get back to you on what my teacher had in mind. :)
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Well, you know, Dan, it's just an exercise, isn't it? We may even use F2.
Yeah I know, I was just agreeing with you, I wasn't criticising you.
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Come on, Dan: you didn't get the meaning of my post. I know you weren't criticising me. :)
I just pointed out that, being this a high school exercise only, we should think about the answer just as a possible way of yielding the nitrile.