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1. Clearly and neatly draw the monobromination products from the radical halogen

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Question

1.Clearly and neatly draw the monobromination products from the radical halogenation of the molecule at the carbons indicated below (be sure to indicate correct stereochemistry). Answer the questions posed.

a.Draw the 2 products from a monobromination at a, and briefly explain

                   which you would expect to be formed in the greatest amount.

b.Draw the 2 products from a monobromination at b, and briefly explain

          which you would expect to be formed in the greatest amount.

c.Draw the product from a monobromination at c, and briefly explain

               why only one product is formed.

Explanation / Answer

Hammond's Postulate

Radical stability