1bromopropane to 2bromopropane complete the reaction? Thanks

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Ernest Z.
May 8, 2018

How about this?

Explanation:

1. Dehydrobromination with alcoholic #"KOH"#

#underbrace("CH"_3"CH"_2"CH"_2"-Br")_color(red)("1-bromopropane") stackrelcolor(blue)("alc. KOH, Δ"color(white)(mm))(→) underbrace("CH"_3"CH=CH"_2)_color(red)("propene")#

2. Addition of #"HBr"#

#underbrace("CH"_3"CH=CH"_2)_color(red)("propene") stackrelcolor(blue)("HBr"color(white)(mm))(→) underbrace("CH"_3"CHBrCH"_3)_color(red)("2-bromopropane")#

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