(a) When ethylene oxide is treated with anhydrous HBr gas, the major product is
Chapter 14, Problem 14-48(choose chapter or problem)
(a) When ethylene oxide is treated with anhydrous HBr gas, the major product is 1,2-dibromoethane. When ethylene oxide is treated with concentrated aqueous HBr, the major product is ethylene glycol. Use mechanisms to explain these results.
(b) Under base-catalyzed conditions, several molecules of propylene oxide can react to give short polymers. Propose a mechanism for the base-catalyzed formation of the following trimer.
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