Choosing between E1 and E2
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Choosing between E1 and E2Questions
- What are the differences between E1 and E2 reactions?
- What do E1 and E2 reactions have in common?
- Do both elimination reactions, E1 and E2, follow Zaitsev’s rule?
- Which elimination reactions, E1 or E2, depend on the concentration of the substrate?
- Is there a formation of carbocation in both elimination reactions, E1 and E2?
- Do E1 reactions require a strong base, like E2 reactions?
- Why does the rate of the E1 reaction depend only on the substrate?
- Is there a requirement for the stereochemistry of the starting material in E1 reactions? Why?
- What does the rate of the E2 reactions depend on?
- Why does the stereochemistry of the hydrogen to be removed must be anti to that of the leaving group for E2 reactions?
- Why can cyclohexane rings cause some complications with elimination reactions?
- What is the most likely mechanism and the product from the reaction between 2-chloro-2-methylpentane and sodium ethoxide in ethanol?
- The major product which results when 2-chloro-2-methylpentane is heated in ethanol is an ether. What is the mechanism by which this ether forms?
- Based on Saytzeff's rule, select the most stable alkene: 1-methylcyclohexene, 3-methylcyclohexene or 4-methylcyclohexene?
- What product results from the action of #"sodium ethoxide"# on #"tertiary butyl chloride"#?