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Fabio Tottola posted MyRSC Update: Re: MyRSC Update: Dehydration of butan-2-ol

in Resources on Jan 20 at 1:03pm GMT

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I agree with you, Andrew. In my opinion the real reasonis that 2-butene is more substited than 1-butene and so there aremore alkyl groups that can donate electrons to the doubl...
Andrew Page posted Re: MyRSC Update: Dehydration of butan-2-ol

in Resources on Jan 19 at 2:40pm GMT

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Dave Scott:
Hi,
Dominant product is but-2- ene (both cis and trans isomers. Reason is that the but-2-ene forms via a secondary carbocation whereas the but-1-ene forms via a pri...
Bob Worley posted Re: Dehydration of butan-2-ol

in Resources on Jan 18 at 1:00pm GMT

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There is a CLEAPSS video on making propene. A link is provided. We could do this with butan-2-ol but oh for a gas chromatograph to tell us the results .This is a much better metod of...
Dave Scott posted MyRSC Update: Dehydration of butan-2-ol

in Resources on Jan 17 at 7:26pm GMT

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Hi,
Dominant product is but-2- ene (both cis and trans isomers. Reason is that the but-2-ene forms via a secondary carbocation whereas the but-1-ene forms via a primary cation...
Andrew Page posted Dehydration of butan-2-ol

in Resources on Jan 17 at 4:56pm GMT

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Please help
When discussing the dehydration of butan-2-ol and the three possible alkene products with one of my A Level students I was asked which was the major product. I do no...
Stephen Harrison posted Re: Naming alkyl halids

in Talk Chemistry on Nov 30 at 9:19pm GMT

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The rule cannot be to number from the left because when the molecule is rotated the left side then becomes the right side so it's not a reliable way to number the chain. So you shou...
Andrew Wilkins posted Re: Naming alkyl halids

in Talk Chemistry on Nov 30 at 8:08pm GMT

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Priority based on alphabet.
nahid ahmadi posted Re: Naming alkyl halids

in Talk Chemistry on Nov 30 at 8:07pm GMT

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Thank you for your reply,
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