6-31 - Organic Chemistry (Mcmurry)

Question

Identify the following reactions as additions, eliminations, substitutions, or rearrangements:

a. 

b. 

c.

d. 

Step-by-Step Solution

Answer

a. 

Substitution reaction

Any class of chemical reaction that accounts for the replacement of an atom or ion in a molecule by another atom or ion in the respective molecule.

Classification of chemical reaction

The given reaction is shown as follows:

This reaction is a substitution reaction since two reactants are exchanging parts to form two new products.