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11. Radical Reactions - Part 2 of 2
11. Radical Reactions / Allylic Bromination / Problem 10

A student reacted NBS with 1-methylcyclopent-1-ene under a sunlamp.


(i) Draw all resonance forms of the three possible allylic free radical intermediates of the reaction

(ii) Label the three intermediates 1 through 3 (1 is the most stable; 3 is the least stable)

(iii) Draw the products that could be obtained from the reaction

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