4) Consider the reaction below and answer the following questions (6)
"OH
H3C
H
H
Br
CH2CH3
CH3
2-bromo-3-methylpentane
a) Fill in the expected product of the mechanism shown in the box provided above.
b) Draw a newman projection of the reactive conformation of 2-bromo-3-methyl
pentane on the template provided below, looking down the C2-C3 bond.
c) What is the absolute configuration at Carbon 2?
d)What is the mechanism (E1, E2, SN1, SN2) of this reaction?