Chemist In A Transition State

April 16, 2007

Solution

Filed under: Chalk Talk — Tynchtyk @ 7:06 pm

So, here is the solution of the last mechanism problem:

acetonehydrazine.gif

The only answer came from an anonymous anon and his answer was absolutely right.

P.S. In fact people do this reaction in two steps: first they condense acetone and hydrazine an then it is heated in the presence of ZnCl2. Sorry if I confused some of you by not writing the details of this reaction.

1 Comment »

  1. I love sigmatropic rearrangements. I was too late to see this before it was solved.

    Comment by Greg The Chemist — April 16, 2007 @ 11:03 pm

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