When synth. t-butylCl&Br from t-bu-alcwhy do Br&Cl have same nucleophilicit

Subject: When synth. t-butylCl&Br from t-bu-alcwhy do Br&Cl have same nucleophilicit

Date: Thu Feb 1 14:29:22 2001
Posted by Hollie
Grade level: grad (science) School: Southeastern Louisiana University
City: Hammond State/Province: LA Country: USA
Area of science: Chemistry
ID: 981055762.Ch

Message:


I am synthesizing tert-butyl chloride and tert-butyl bromine from tert-
butyl alchol by an SN1 mechanism.  When I ran my product on Gas 
Chromatograpy, I got the same amount of tert-butyl chloride as tert-butyl 
bromide.  I can't figure out Why?  I thought that Bromine was a better 
nucleophile than Chlorine???

Re: When synth. t-butylCl&Br from t-bu-alcwhy do Br&Cl have same nucleophilicit

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