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Chapter 10: Q19P (page 472)

What stereoisomers are formed in the following reactions? Which stereoisomer is the major product?

a. the acid-catalyzed dehydration of 1-pentanol to 2-pentene

b. the acid-catalyzed dehydration of 3,4-dimethyl-3-hexanol to 3,4-dimethyl-3-hexene

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Two or more compounds which differ in the spatial arrangement of their atoms are called as stereoisomers i.e the molecules which are stereoisomers of each other are made from same atoms, connected in the same sequence but the atoms are arranged differently in space.

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Two or more compounds which differ in the spatial arrangement of their atoms are called as stereoisomers i.e the molecules which are stereoisomers of each other are made from same atoms, connected in the same sequence but the atoms are arranged differently in space.

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Heating an alcohol with sulfuric acid is a good way to prepare a symmetrical ether such as diethyl ether.

a. Explain why it is not a good way to prepare an unsymmetrical ether such as ethyl propyl ether.

b. How would you synthesize ethyl propyl ether?

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a. what constitutional isomer would be formed in greatest yield?

b. what stereoisomer would be formed in greater yield?
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