Importance of radical Halogenation The source of the large majority of organic materials used for a countless number of applications, which can be plastics, drugs, paints, clothes, electronics and many more is the crude oil. We need to … Read more
In allylic bromination, the Br atom appears on the carbon next to the double bond: This reaction goes through a radical mechanism, and it is interesting to notice the difference with the aniti-Markovnikov radical bromination: We … Read more
We learned earlier that according to Markovnikov’s rule, the addition of an HX acid to an alkene produces the more substituted alkyl halide as the major product: Interestingly, in the presence of peroxides, HBr forms the less substituted … Read more
