11. Radical Reactions
Free Radical Halogenation
94PRACTICE PROBLEM
A graduate student was studying free radical halogenation reactions. She added NBS to a solution of 3-methylcyclopent-1-ene and irradiated the mixture with a sunlight lamp. After all of the added NBS was consumed, she found that the reaction resulted in four different isomeric products of the formula C6H9Br. Assuming that a Br radical initiates the reaction by abstracting an H atom, write chemical equations and draw the structures of four different radicals.
A graduate student was studying free radical halogenation reactions. She added NBS to a solution of 3-methylcyclopent-1-ene and irradiated the mixture with a sunlight lamp. After all of the added NBS was consumed, she found that the reaction resulted in four different isomeric products of the formula C6H9Br. Assuming that a Br radical initiates the reaction by abstracting an H atom, write chemical equations and draw the structures of four different radicals.