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3 Feb 2012 13:40:08 IST

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on treating ch3ch2ch(f)ch3 with ch3oh

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abhishek

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4 Feb 2012 17:32:35 IST

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if the medium is water then due to weak nucleo. sn1 prod. i.e. 2 deg. alcohol and if solvent is one which makes it a gud base like koh then e2 product i.e. ch3chchch3

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4 Feb 2012 19:36:31 IST

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Fluoride ion is a stronger base hence a poor leaving group, similarly CH3OH is also a poor nucleophile; hence the substitution will be very slow, where F may be replaced by CH3O-.

Elimination takes place in presence of strong base, CH3OH is not at all basic, so the question of elimination should not arise. If the reaction is with KOH in CH3OH then elimination can take place and the product will be CH3CH=CHCH3(Saytzeff rule)

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