Consider the second propagation step of peroxide-promoted HBr addition to alkenes (Eq

Chapter 5, Problem 5.23

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Consider the second propagation step of peroxide-promoted HBr addition to alkenes (Eq. 5.52b). Use bond energies to explain why hydrogen, and not bromine, is abstracted from HBr by the free- radical reactant.

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