Nucleophilic Substitution at Saturated Carbon Problems...you should also do the substitution problems found in question sets 9 and 11.
| 1. Which of the following statements describes the nucleophilic substitution product obtained from the following reaction of S-2-bromobutane with ammonia in a non-polar solvent? | ||
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| (a) | This reaction yields R-2-aminobutane as the major substitution product. | |
| (b) | This reaction yields S-2-aminobutane as the major substitution product. | |
| (c) | This reaction yields a racemic mixture as the major substitution products. | |
| 2. Which of the following compounds will react faster in a SN1 reaction? | ||
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| (a) | A | |
| (b) | B | |
| (c) | Both compounds will have the same reaction rate. | |
| 3. Which of the following compounds will react faster in a SN2 reaction? | ||
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| (a) | A | |
| (b) | B | |
| (c) | Both compounds will have the same reaction rate. | |
| 4. What is the major product expected from the following reaction? | ||
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| 5. | Which of the following compounds would react most readily by the SN2 mechanism? | |
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| 6. | What is the major product expected from the following synthetic sequence? | |
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