Question

Write the structure of the major organic product in the following reaction:

$$(\mathrm{CH}{\phantom{A}}_3){\phantom{A}}_3\mathrm{CBr}+\mathrm{KOH}\underset{\mathrm{heat}}{\overset{\mathrm{ethanol}}{\to }}$$

Answer 1

$$\begin{array}{c}\phantom{............................}\mathrm{CH}{\phantom{A}}_3\\ \phantom{.........................}|\\ \underset{\mathrm{tert}-\mathrm{Butyl}\mathrm{bromide}}{(\mathrm{CH}{\phantom{A}}_3){\phantom{A}}_3\mathrm{CBr}}+\mathrm{KOH}\underset{\mathrm{Dehydrohalogenation}}{\overset{\mathrm{ethanol},\mathrm{\Delta }}{\to }}\underset{2\text{-}\mathrm{methylpropane}}{\mathrm{CH}{\phantom{A}}_3-\mathrm{C}=\mathrm{CH}{\phantom{A}}_2}+\mathrm{KBr}+\mathrm{H}{\phantom{A}}_2\mathrm{O}\end{array}$$