00:01
Okay, so what we're really doing here when we do this problem is we're asking what is the most stable location for a hydrogen to be abstracted leaving behind a rat.
00:21
That's really what we're asking because that's going to be the first step, right? at some point during this reaction before bromine is added, we're going to have an intermediate.
00:31
And that intermediate is going to involve a hydrogen being abstracted.
00:41
By some sort of radical.
00:43
We don't know what.
00:47
For example, leaving behind something like this, right? that's an option.
00:58
But other options would be, and probably the best option, is going to be this tertiary and also allelic radical.
01:09
This is the intermediate that's going to predominate, right? so before this, before any bromine comes in and adds anywhere, really what's going to be controlling this whole thing is that this position, of a radical at a tertiary and allilic position.
01:25
What do i mean by allylic? i mean that we can transfer the double bond as such, right, and have resonance.
01:35
We all know resonance is a stabilizing factor, right? that's in resonance with that...