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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,
I have a problem in my class, my students told it's not true, I searched on internet and I found very interesting topic.
one of professor in the universi...
nahid ahmadi posted Re: Naming alkyl halids

in Talk Chemistry on Nov 30 at 8:05pm GMT

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I have a problem in my class, my students told it's not true, I searched on internet and I found very interesting topic.
one of professor in the university of Colombia explained...
Stephen Harrison posted Re: Naming alkyl halids

in Talk Chemistry on Nov 30 at 4:28pm GMT

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This is also 2-iodo-4-methlylpentane. It's the same molecule that you had before but just flipped over.
Bob Worley posted Re: Titrations

in Talk Chemistry on Nov 30 at 4:00pm GMT

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Well an advert came up from the RSC on a teach chemistry imageand I could not believe my eyes. Just look at that!!!!!
Bob

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