W wantVCUdental Full Member 10+ Year Member Joined Aug 6, 2009 Messages 982 Reaction score 1 Points 4,531 Pre-Dental Oct 13, 2009 #1 Advertisement - Members don't see this ad if you react 1 butene with Br2 + MeOH, do you get a triangle intermediate and then the MeOH attacking less subsituted carbon connected to the Br? Destroyer 103 solution says the MeOH will attack the more substituted carbon... can someone please explain?
Advertisement - Members don't see this ad if you react 1 butene with Br2 + MeOH, do you get a triangle intermediate and then the MeOH attacking less subsituted carbon connected to the Br? Destroyer 103 solution says the MeOH will attack the more substituted carbon... can someone please explain?
W wantVCUdental Full Member 10+ Year Member Joined Aug 6, 2009 Messages 982 Reaction score 1 Points 4,531 Pre-Dental Oct 13, 2009 #2 Thank you, so i see it undergoes a similar mechanism as an acid catalyzed epoxide openning. Awesome. Upvote 0 Downvote