Dehalogenation of meso-2,3-dibromobutane occurs when it is treated with potassium iodide in ethanol. The product is trans-2-butene.
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Dehalogenation of meso-2,3-dibromobutane occurs when it is treated with potassium iodide in ethanol. The product is trans-2-butene. Similar dehalogenation of either enantiomer of 2,3dibromobutane produces cis-2-butene. Give a mechanistic explanation of these results.
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Organic Chemistry
ISBN: 978-1118875766
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Authors: T. W. Graham Solomons, Craig B. Fryhle, Scott A. Snyder
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