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Using an alkyl halide and a thiol as starting materials,
Chapter 11, Problem 44P(choose chapter or problem)
QUESTION:
Using an alkyl halide and a thiol as starting materials, how would you prepare the following thioethers?
Questions & Answers
QUESTION:
Using an alkyl halide and a thiol as starting materials, how would you prepare the following thioethers?
ANSWER:
Solution 44P
(a)
The sulfur analogues of ethers are called sulfides. Sulfur is an excellent nucleophile because its electron cloud is polariseble. As a result sulfides react readily with alkyl halides to form sulfonium salts.
Dipropylsulfane can be prepared by using of propane-1-thiol and 1-chloropropane
(b)