Chapter 16: Ethers, Epoxides and Sulfides |
Qu 1: | Identify the products from the reaction of the following ethers with excess HI : |
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Qu 2: | Design a synthesis of the following dibenzyl ether from toluene as a source of all the C in the product. |
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Qu 3: | The base catalysed hydrolysis of a 1,2-chlorohydrin is shown below: |
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the product diol had the same configuration as the original chlorohydrin.
Suggest a mechanism that is consistent with this observation. |
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© Dr. Ian Hunt, Department of Chemistry |