Question

2-provide structures and names for the by products that may have been formed by E1 and/or E2 processes in your reaction of 2-methyl-2-butanol with hcl.which alkene would you expect to be favored, and why

3- was this an sn1 or an sn2 process and why?

4-why was this reaction carried out at room temperature rather than at elevated temperatures?

5-explain why polar solvent would be expected to increase the rate of this reaction

Answer 1

3) As the substrate is tertiary alcohol , ithe substitution is by SN1 process.

4) At higher temperatures elimination by E1 is more favored than substitution.

Thus it is carried out at rrom temperature to hav emore substituted product.

5) The slow and rate determing step of the reaction is the formation of carbocation intermediate . It is more facile in presence of polar solvents. Thus polar solvents tend to facilitate the formation of intermediate, thus reaction rates are enhanced.