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Chapter 10, Problem 37P

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QUESTION:

a. Indicate how each of the following factors affects an E1 reaction:

1. the strength of the base               2. the concentration of the base                       3. the solvent

b. Indicate how each of the same factors affects an E2 reaction.

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QUESTION:

a. Indicate how each of the following factors affects an E1 reaction:

1. the strength of the base               2. the concentration of the base                       3. the solvent

b. Indicate how each of the same factors affects an E2 reaction.

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A Unimolecular elimination reaction  involves two steps. In the first step alkyl halide dissociates heterolytically. This step is the rate determining step of the reaction. In the second step of the reaction the base forms an elimination product by removing a proton from a carbon adjacent to the positively charged carbon.

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