Predict Products
Predict Mechanism
Misc.
100

Draw all possible substitution products for this reaction with pseudoephedrine: 

Only the right is possible through SN2...

100

What mechanism(s) can lead to this possible product?

SN1 only: see retention of stereocenter

100

Which of these bases are considered too "bulky" to undergo substitution reactions?


DBU and Hunig's Base

200

Draw all possible elimination products for this reaction with pseudoephedrine: 

Cannot proceed through E2...

200

What predominant mechanism can lead to this product?


E2 (E1 will lead to same product but unlikely to occur)

200

What molecular structures stabilize carbocations for unimolecular reaction mechanisms? 


300

Predict the product and what mechanism:


Undergoes SN2


300

What mechanism does this reaction proceed by?


SN1


300

How many possible E2 products are there for each conformer of this substrate?



400

How many possible products are there for this E1 reaction?


Five!


400

Predict both the product and the mechanism for this transformation of lactic acid:


SN2


400

What are the conditions to protect the alcohol on the molecule below (serotonin)?



500

Predict all possible products for this reaction with correct stereochemistry:



500



500

Which diastereomer of 1-bromo-4-t-butylcyclohexane, the cis or the trans, undergoes elimination more rapidly when treated with sodium ethoxide (NaOCH2CH3)?

 

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