Question

For the following reaction, choose the most likely reaction pathway and draw the organic product. Remember to include formal charges. i know the answer is CH3CH2CH3N3, but how do you draw this structure? (specifically the N3).

Answer 1

Concepts and reason

The concept used to solve this problem is ${{\rm{S}}_{\rm{N}}}{\rm{2}}$ . The substrate is a primary alkyl halide and the nucleophile is a strong.

In ${{\rm{S}}_{\rm{N}}}{\rm{2}}$ , the attack of nucleophile takes place from the back side, so inversion of configuration takes place in the product.

Fundamentals

${{\rm{S}}_{\rm{N}}}{\rm{2}}$ reaction is a single step reaction. The rate of the reaction depends on both concentration of substrate and concentration of nucleophile.

The structures of reactant and the reagent are as follows:

The reaction is as follows:

Ans:

The organic product is,