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explain why eather is the major product in the reaction of tert butylbromide with ethanol


Lilly 22nd Aug, 2022
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rajeevanand843 2nd Sep, 2022

Hello lilly

The major product forms from SN1 ; the alkyl bromide is tertiary, so it is bulky/sterically-hindered , and is more likely to lose Br− as a leaving group before managing to get attacked by a nucleophile (ethanol). The proton on the attached ethanol then dissociates on its own.

That is characteristic of a first -order process, where the slow step is the departure of the leaving group and a carbocation intermediate forms (here, a tertiary carbocation).

There is a minor product from E1 , but this is very minor unless the temperature is sufficiently high. This would be a β elimination, i.e. the alcohol extracts a proton from the carbon adjacent to Br and patches up the carbocation intermediate.

Thank you

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