What would $sodium ethyl$ $"sodium ethyl"$ give upon reaction with $tert-butyl chloride?$ $"tert-butyl chloride?"$

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What would $sodium ethyl$ $"sodium ethyl"$ give upon reaction with $tert-butyl chloride?$ $"tert-butyl chloride?"$

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Answer 1 · 2017-01-19T07:45:03

Probably $isobutylene.........$ $"isobutylene........."$

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For a start, $sodium ethyl$ $"sodium ethyl"$ would be a rather hot (and inconvenient) reagent to use. $Sodium ethoxide$ $"Sodium ethoxide"$ in ethanol (formed by adding sodium metal to ethanol), would be a much better choice of reactant.

This base will probably react via an elimination mechanism rather than by substitution, so................:

$H_{3} C H_{2} C O^{-} N a^{+} + B r - C {(C H_{3})}_{3} \to H_{2} C = C {(C H_{3})}_{2} + N a B r (s) ⏐ ↓ + H_{3} C - C H_{2} O H$ $H_3CH_2CO^(-)Na^+ + Br-C(CH_3)_3rarrH_2C=C(CH_3)_2 + NaBr(s)darr + H_3C-CH_2OH$

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