What are the differences in the reactivity of "bromoethane"bromoethane, and "2-bromopentane"2-bromopentane?

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anor277
Dec 14, 2016

Well, "bromoethane"bromoethane should be more reactive for a reaction with a associative mechanism...........

Explanation:

And "2-bromopentane"2-bromopentane should be more reactive in a dissociative scenario.

So bromoethane should be liable to undergo reaction with, say, NaOHNaOH, in an S_N2SN2 mechanism, to form ethyl alcohol and sodium bromide. Under the same conditions, "2-bromopentane"2-bromopentane might be liable to undergo elimination to give "2-pentylene"2-pentylene.

The truth is I actually don't know.

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