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A graduate student tried to make o-fluorophenylmagnesium
Chapter 11, Problem 66SP(choose chapter or problem)
A graduate student tried to make 𝑜-fluorophenylmagnesium bromide by adding magnesium to an ether solution of 𝑜-fluorobromobenzene. After obtaining puzzling results with this reaction, she repeated the reaction by using as solvent some tetrahydrofuran that contained a small amount of furan. From this reaction, she isolated a fair yield of the compound that follows. Propose a mechanism for its formation.
\(B r\)
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B r
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QUESTION:
A graduate student tried to make 𝑜-fluorophenylmagnesium bromide by adding magnesium to an ether solution of 𝑜-fluorobromobenzene. After obtaining puzzling results with this reaction, she repeated the reaction by using as solvent some tetrahydrofuran that contained a small amount of furan. From this reaction, she isolated a fair yield of the compound that follows. Propose a mechanism for its formation.
\(B r\)
Equation transcription:
Text transcription:
B r
ANSWER:Solution 66SP