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Jan 23, 2023 · The carbocation, in this case, is most stable because it attaches to the tertiary carbon (being attached to 3 different carbons). However, we can still see small amounts of the minor, unstable product. The mechanism for hydride shift occurs in multiple steps that includes various intermediates and transition states. Below is the mechanism for ...
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Here’s the crux: A carbocation will opt to rearrange only if it can instantly achieve greater stability. If there are multiple rearrangements needed to reach the most stable state, well, the carbocation isn’t aware of that long game. It only responds to what’s immediately beneficial. Picture this molecule in your mind.
Alkyl shifts from a secondary carbocation to tertiary carbocation in S N 1 reactions occur by independent steps. When the alkyl halide is primary, then slight variations and differences between the two reaction mechanisms. In reaction #1, we see that we have a secondary substrate. This undergoes alkyl shift because it does not have a suitable ...
Jul 20, 2022 · Instead, it is a methyl group that does the shifting, as the electrons in the carbon-carbon \(\sigma \) bond move over to fill the empty orbital on carbon #2 (step 2 below). Electrophilic addition with methyl shift: The methyl shift results in the conversion of a secondary carbocation to a more stable tertiary carbocation.
Dec 1, 2021 · Carbocations! Alcohol A gives a reasonably stable, 3° carbocation, which reacts with the electron-rich benzene ring in a Friedel–Crafts alkylation to give the product. However, alcohol B gives a less stable, 2° carbocation – at least initially! Now, if you look at one of the carbon atoms next-door – a hydrogen can migrate with its pair ...
The resulting 3º-carbocation is relatively stable, and has been shown to return to pinacol by reaction in the presence of isotopically labeled water. A 1,2-methyl shift generates an even more stable carbocation in which the charge is delocalized by heteroatom resonance. Indeed, this new cation is simply the conjugate acid of the ketone ...
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Oct 17, 2011 · Introduction to Rearrangement Reactions. Reactions that involve a carbocation intermediate may be accompanied by rearrangements where a pair of electrons from a C-H or C-C bond migrates toward the carbocation, resulting in breakage and formation of a C-H or C-C bond, and formation of a new carbocation. The new carbocation (generally more stable ...
