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Chapter 9 Problem 11P

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Problem 11P

When 2,2-dibromo-1-phenylpropane is heated overnight with sodium amide at 150 °C, the major product (after addition of water) is a different foul-smelling compound of formula C9H8 . Propose a structure for this product, and give a mechanism to account for its formation.

Solution

Solution:

Here we will have to write a mechanism for the formation of C9H8 from  2,2-dibromo-1-phenylpropane  fused with  sodium amide (NaNH2)

Step 1

(2,2-dibromo-1-phenylpropane)                         (3-phenylprop-1-yne)

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Title Organic Chemistry 8 
Author L.G. Wade Jr
ISBN 9780321768414

When 2,2-dibromo-1-phenylpropane is heated overnight with

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