For question #1 in the lab, 2-bromobutane reacts faster than
2-chlorobutane because Bromine is a better leaving group than chlorine.
Michele
On Tue, 1 Apr 1997, Harvey the Wonder Hamster wrote:
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> Hi. A couple of you guys had questions about exercise #1 for lab
> 10. Regardless of whether 2-bromobutane or 2-chlorobutane actually reacted
> in the lab, the book must think it was supposed to or it wouldn't have
> asked the question. I don't know exactly what the answer to the quesion
> is, but I think it has to do with the electronegativities and atomic radii
> of chlorine and bromine. If anybody out there knows the answer, I'd
> appreciate the help.
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> Thank You,
> Mark
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