Organic Chemistry (8th Edition)

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Chapter 6 - Alkyl Halides: Nucleophilic Substitution and Elimination - Study Problems - Page 281: 6-52 c (ii)

Answer

The resulting products are 1-(ethoxymethyl)cyclohex-1-ene and 1-ethoxy-2-methylenecyclohexane.

Work Step by Step

First, the given reactant undergoes a first-order ionization which leads to the formation of a resonance-stabilized carbocation. As the resulting carbocation is asymmetric, two products can be obtained via EtOH attack to it: 1-(ethoxymethyl)cyclohex-1-ene and 1-ethoxy-2-methylenecyclohexane.
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