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Bromination products...
« on: November 02, 2008, 05:07:51 AM »
What are the bromination proucts of the following:
a) cyclohexene
b) 1-methylcyclohexene
c) 3-methylcyclohexene
d) 4-methylcyclohexene

draw all stereoisomers of the products and name them using the R/S designations

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Re: Bromination products...
« Reply #1 on: November 02, 2008, 05:11:37 AM »
Under what bromination conditions?

Show some work.

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Re: Bromination products...
« Reply #2 on: November 02, 2008, 05:15:31 AM »
Under what bromination conditions?

Show some work.

thats all the information that the question gives us.

i know the answer for a) is

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Re: Bromination products...
« Reply #3 on: November 02, 2008, 09:15:08 AM »
Are you sure?

Given the fact you mentioned stereochemistry, what is the stereochemical implication of the bromination reaction?

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Re: Bromination products...
« Reply #4 on: November 02, 2008, 03:43:23 PM »
it gives trans-addition..

thats the entire question in our lab book...nothing else is stated....so how do i do it?

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Re: Bromination products...
« Reply #5 on: November 03, 2008, 06:50:44 AM »
Help please??

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Re: Bromination products...
« Reply #6 on: November 03, 2008, 01:55:42 PM »
OK, so cyclohexene gives as below.

What are the names of these two compounds?

Can you apply this to the other alkenes?

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