According to Le Châtelier's principle, how will a decrease in concentration of a reactant affect the equilibrium system?
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Answer:
Scheme is attached
Explanation:
When 3‑bromopentane reacts with hydroxide, (Z)-pent-2-ene will produce through E 2 (Z)-pent-2-ene.
Mechanism
Hydroxide ion (OH⁻ ) is a strong nucleophile so it abstract the proton from carbon next to the carbon attached with bromine.
The the carbon next to carbon of bromine gets -ve charge, mean while it shares its electrons with the carbon having bromine and make a double bond.
As bromine is a good leaving group so it easily gets detached from carbon, so that carbon comes to its normal state.
As a result (Z)-pent-2-ene will produce. we call it Z because mostly trans products will form.
