for the bromination of alkene, different sources give different structure of product which is trans(from wikipedia) , but the book is cis. which is correct?
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please don't delete my question.. as i really don't know which site should i post. as this is not homework but the notes is from textbook.
for the bromination of alkene, different sources give different structure of product which is trans(from wikipedia) , but the book is cis. which is correct?
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please don't delete my question.. as i really don't know which site should i post. as this is not homework but the notes is from textbook.
Can you share the name of the book? I don't think the book has got it right. The mechanism is correctly presented by wiki.
For 1,2-dibromoethane it doesn't matter, final structure is correct. It is a lousy approach as it leaves an important information out, but I would not say book is incorrect.
