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| a compound has considerable amount of ring strain, what you conclude about the reactivity of this compound? |
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| reactive because ring strain is unfavorable. |
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| combustion requires what as reactants? forms what as products? what type of reaction? |
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oxygen and alkane
heat, co2, h20
radical exothermic reaction. |
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heat of combustion
the higher it is what happens to the stability? |
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change in enthalpy of a combustion reaction.
decreased stability. |
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| discuss initiation, propagation, and termination in halogenation. |
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initiation- homolytic cleavage of halogen to form radical by heat or uv light.
propagation- reaction to form alkyl halide from alkyl radical.
terminiation- when the radicals join again |
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| alkyl radical stability is the same order as ____ |
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| selectivity in halogenation |
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| grignard reagents are used to synthesize |
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| alcohols from organometallic compounds. |
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| ketones can be reduces to ___ with LiAlH4, or NaBH4 |
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| alochols like to act as (nucleophiles/ electrophiles) |
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| what happens in nucleophillic addition, substitution? |
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addition- adding a group
substitution- loss of leaving group |
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| a reaction is not a redox reaction if? |
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| add/loss of H+, h20, HX, etc |
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| mesylates and tosylates are |
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| good leaving groups, weak bases |
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discuss the reactivity of ethers.
soluble in ?
what are epoxides? |
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generally non reactive.
polar substances
3 membered ether rings |
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| which is more reactive epoxide or ether and why? |
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