Identify all of the major products?

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Ernest Z.
Apr 20, 2018

Products

Explanation:

The reaction is the haloform reaction, in which a methyl ketone reacts with a halogen in basic solution to form a haloform (#"CHX"_3#, where #"X = Cl, Br"# or #"I"#) and a carboxylate ion.

If #"X = Br"#, the reaction is

Haloform

The #"R"# group can be #"H"#, alkyl, or aryl, and the carboxylate ion becomes a carboxyl group on acid workup.

Thus, if #"R = phenyl"#, the reaction is

Acetophenone

The major products are benzoic acid and bromoform.

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