Physical Chemistry
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Author: Ball, David W. (david Warren), BAER, Tomas
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Chapter 20, Problem 20.70E
(a) Suggest a mechanism for the bromination of ethane:
(b) Would you expect that this reaction might go faster or slower than the chlorination of methane? (Hint: Consider the strengths of the bonds involved in the initial steps of the mechanism.)
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