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Subject: organic chemistry
Category: Science > Chemistry
Asked by: bea42-ga
List Price: $5.00		 Posted: 13 Mar 2003 10:45 PST
Expires: 12 Apr 2003 11:45 PDT
Question ID: 175702 
The mechanism for the reaction of magnesium bromide with
trans-stilbene oxide to produce diphenylacetaldehyde.
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Subject: Re: organic chemistry
From: medusa-ga on 15 Mar 2003 15:03 PST		  
part c. HNO3 + H2SO4 =H2NO3+ + HSO4-
the weaker acid accepts a proton from the stronger acid (H2SO4)
Subject: stilbene oxide and MgBr2
From: sureshan-ga on 25 Mar 2003 03:21 PST		  
A plausible mechanism is as follows;
At first epoxide opening by the attack of Bromide ion. an electron
pair from the the generated alkoxide migrate to the carbon forming C=O
bond with subsequent phenyl group migration to the alpha carbon
expelling the Bromide ion.
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