Fluorination of (R)-2-fluorobutane yields a mixture of isomers with the formula C 4 H 8 F 2

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Fluorination of (R)-2-fluorobutane yields a mixture of isomers with the formula C4H8F2.

(a) How many different isomers would you expect to be produced? Write their structures.
(b) If the mixture of C4H8F2 isomers were subjected to fractional distillation, how many fractions would you expect to obtain?
(c) Which of these fractions would be optically active?

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Organic Chemistry

ISBN: 978-1118875766

12th Edition

Authors: T. W. Graham Solomons, Craig B. Fryhle, Scott A. Snyder

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