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On DAT Destroyer #28 the answer is B as it says that the base in step 2 removes a hydrogen from the methyl group instead of a hydrogen from the hexane ring. My question is why wouldn't it remove a hydrogen from the hexane ring since this would form a more substituted and thus more stable alkene? Thus wouldn't the answer be E? Any help would be appreciated.
NVM... it's an E1 with a bulky base so it's easiest to remove the H from the methyl. Sterics prevent the removal of the H from the hexane
NVM... it's an E1 with a bulky base so it's easiest to remove the H from the methyl. Sterics prevent the removal of the H from the hexane
