129 ORGO Destroyer

[dsony2284]

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Number 129 in destroyer... for those of you with destroyer, i dont know how to show you the question, except that a primary halide is turned into an alkene.

I narrowed the answers down to (CH3)3CO-Na+ and C2H5O-K but how do you know that the former is the right answer? What is the reasoning?

Can anyone please answer this, thanks

 

[fancymylotus]

Number 129 in destroyer... for those of you with destroyer, i dont know how to show you the question, except that a primary halide is turned into an alkene.

I narrowed the answers down to (CH3)3CO-Na+ and C2H5O-K but how do you know that the former is the right answer? What is the reasoning?

Can anyone please answer this, thanks

E2 strong BULKY base does not give zaitseff product.

 

[jlee1986]

E2 strong BULKY base does not give zaitseff product.

what's a zaitseff product? 🙄

 

[Mstoothlady2012]

its zaitsev i think

 

[Flipper405]

http://www.volokh.com/posts/1181607555.shtml

Apparently Russian names with those ends can be anglicized as either -ff or -v
The v ending does seem to be more popular though...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zaitsev%27s_rule

In other words, let's relax on criticizing the spelling 😛

 

[fancymylotus]

what's a zaitseff product? 🙄

 

[Mstoothlady2012]

http://www.volokh.com/posts/1181607555.shtml

Apparently Russian names with those ends can be anglicized as either -ff or -v
The v ending does seem to be more popular though...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zaitsev%27s_rule

In other words, let's relax on criticizing the spelling 😛

i wasnt criticizing the spelling i thought the op might recognize the word if i spelled it zaitsev..coz most books have zaitsev.

 

[queenskillers]

shouldnt this rxn be considered an E1 since E1 tend to form products with the least substituted double bonds

 

[Jaylee777]

queens- its the opposite...if its E1 then it can rearrange into a more stable carbocation and therefore a more sub alkene. E1 mech starts just like Sn1 (leaving group leaves first and forms C+) and E2 like SN2 (no C+).