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ChemistryOrganic Chemistry - Some Basic Principles and TechniquesJEE Main

How many of the following will form when (S)-2-bromopentane is brominated (at C-3, generating a second stereocentre)?

Answer: 4

Solution

Radical bromination at C-3 of (S)-2-bromopentane creates a second stereocentre without affecting the configuration at the original (C-2) centre; of the possible new combinations at C-3,

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