Answer to Question #157905 in Organic Chemistry for Sam

Question

The handbook must next have a section on mechanisms, in which you which will construct and analyse an example of each of the following reaction mechanism types:

• Addition e.g. aldehyde or ketone with HCN

• Substitution e.g. halogenoalkane with aqueous NaOH

• Elimination e.g. halogenoalkane with ethanolic NaOH

• Addition-elimination e.g. aldehyde or ketone with 2,4-dinitrophenylhydrazine

This section must explore and interpret the similarities and differences between each of the four mechanisms.

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