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What product would you expect from reaction of $c i s-2$ -butene with metachloroperoxybenzoic acid? Show the stereochemistry.
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Step 1: Identify reagent and substrate — cis-2-butene (cis-CH3CH=CHCH3) reacts with m-chloroperoxybenzoic acid (mCPBA), a peracid that performs syn addition of an oxygen to form an epoxide (oxirane). Show more…
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