Solved: A student wanted to use the Williamson ether synthesis to make

Chapter 0, Problem 11-35

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A student wanted to use the Williamson ether synthesis to make (R)-2-ethoxybutane. He remembered that the Williamson synthesis involves an displacement, which takes place with inversion of configuration. He ordered a bottle of (S)-butan-2-ol for his chiral starting material. He also remembered that the goes best on primary halides and tosylates, so he mad

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