I could really use some help here,
"draw the major organic product(s) of the following reaction" (see photo)
Can you explain how to determine if a product is major or minor? I'm kind of confused

Question

I could really use some help here,
"draw the major organic product(s) of the following reaction" (see photo)
Can you explain how to determine if a product is major or minor? I'm kind of confused

anonymous · Answer

attachment

undeadknight26 · Answer

Not really sure tbh sorry..But I do know Chem is usually a dead subject...try math?

anonymous · Answer

What do you mean by a dead subject?

undeadknight26 · Answer

Not many people are in it lol

anonymous · Answer

I guess, but whats the chances of finding someone in a math section that knows organic chem? lol

aaronq · Answer

Chem's not as active as math, cuz everyone has to do math, not everyone does chem. It's a substitution reaction, so HI will protonate the oxygen, forming an oxonium ion, then the iodide ion will come back and attack the carbon (bound to the O) and push off water. look at this http://www.mhhe.com/physsci/chemistry/carey/student/olc/ch15reactionalcoholshydrogen.html

photon336 · Answer

I thought this was SN1 substitution. You'd get a tertiary carbocation intermediate, that would be attacked by the Iodine. @matt101 what do you think? 

|dw:1444858415097:dw|