First, recognize that this is an elimination reaction in which hydroxide must leave and a double bond must form in its place. It is likely an E2 reaction. Here is an efficient mechanism:
1) Pre-reaction: Protonate the -OH to make it a good leaving group, water. H2SO4 or any strong H+ donor works. The water is positively charged but still connected to the compound.
2) E2: Use a sterically hindered base, such as tert-butoxide (tButO-) to abstract the hydrogen from the secondary carbon. [You want a sterically hindered base because a strong, non-sterically hindered base could also abstract a hydrogen from one of the two methyl groups on the tertiary carbon, and that leads to unwanted products, which is not efficient]. As the proton of hydrogen is abstracted, water leaves at the same time, creating an intermediate tertiary carbocation, and the 2 electrons in the C-H bond immediately are used to make a double bond towards the partial positive charge.
In the products we see the major product and water, as expected. Even though you have an intermediate, remember that an E2 mechanism technically happens in one step after -OH protonation.
Answer:
The mass of O₂ that will be needed to burn 36.1 g B₂H₆ is 125.29 g.
Answer:
0.120M is the concentration of the solution
Explanation:
<em>Assuming the mass of sodium nitrate dissolved was 2.552g</em>
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Molar concentration is an unit of concentration widely used in chemsitry defined as the moles of solute (In this case NaNO3) in 1L of solution.
To find this question we must find the moles of NaNO3 in 2.552g. With this mass and the volume (250mL = 0.250L) we can find molar concentration as follows:
<em>Moles NaNO3 -Molar mass: 84.99g/mol-</em>
2.552g * (1mol / 84.99g) = 0.0300 moles NaNO3
<em>Molar concentration:</em>
0.0300 moles NaNO3 / 0.250L =
<h3>0.120M is the concentration of the solution</h3>
