{"id":9289,"date":"2024-02-22T00:44:30","date_gmt":"2024-02-22T00:44:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/chemistryscore.com\/?page_id=9289---7abaa2c1-c4d2-45ac-8087-737bddd1c3a6"},"modified":"2024-02-22T00:44:30","modified_gmt":"2024-02-22T00:44:30","slug":"free-radical-bromination-hv-br2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chemistryscore.com\/free-radical-bromination-hv-br2\/","title":{"rendered":"Free radical bromination [h\u03bd, Br2]"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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Free radical bromination [h\u03bd, Br2]<\/h1>

Free Radical Bromination of Alkanes Definition:<\/h2>

When treated\u00a0with\u00a0bromine<\/strong>\u00a0(Br2<\/sub>) and\u00a0light<\/strong>\u00a0(h\u03bd<\/em>) alkanes are converted into\u00a0alkyl bromides<\/strong>. Bromination of tertiary carbons is selective when in absence of any double bonds.<\/p>

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Free Radical Bromination of Alkanes Explained:<\/h2>

The bromination mechanism is the same as for any other free radical halogenation and consists of three stages: initiation, propagation, and termination.<\/p>

Initiation:<\/strong>\u00a0Creation of radicals \u2013 When bromine\u00a0(Br2<\/sub>) treated with light (h\u03bd<\/em>) it comes to homolytic cleavage of the Br-Br bond.<\/p>

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Propagation:<\/strong>\u00a0This stage consists of two steps<\/p>

  1. A bromine atom attacks 2-methyl propane by abstracting hydrogen atom with which they\u00a0form a hydrogen bromide and a\u00a0tert<\/em>-butyl radical.\"\"<\/li>
  2. A tert<\/em>-butyl radical abstracts a bromide atom from one of the starting Br2<\/sub> molecules and new bromide atom react with a new molecule of starting substance in propagation step\"\"<\/li><\/ol>
    \u00a0<\/div>

    And in a very small yield:<\/p>

    Propagation step 1:<\/b><\/p>

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    Propagation step 2:<\/b><\/p>

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    Termination<\/b>: Recombination of every two radicals<\/p>

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    These results indicate that the tendency for bromination at the tertiary position is much more pronounced, with 99% of the product occurring from the reaction at the primary position.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    Free radical bromination [h\u03bd, Br2] Free Radical Bromination of Alkanes Definition: When treated with bromine (Br2) and light (h\u03bd) alkanes are converted into alkyl bromides. Bromination of tertiary carbons is selective when in absence of any double bonds. Free Radical Bromination of Alkanes Explained: The bromination mechanism is the same as for any other free radical halogenation and consists of three […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"elementor_header_footer","format":"standard","meta":{"ocean_post_layout":"","ocean_both_sidebars_style":"","ocean_both_sidebars_content_width":0,"ocean_both_sidebars_sidebars_width":0,"ocean_sidebar":"0","ocean_second_sidebar":"0","ocean_disable_margins":"enable","ocean_add_body_class":"","ocean_shortcode_before_top_bar":"","ocean_shortcode_after_top_bar":"","ocean_shortcode_before_header":"","ocean_shortcode_after_header":"","ocean_has_shortcode":"","ocean_shortcode_after_title":"","ocean_shortcode_before_footer_widgets":"","ocean_shortcode_after_footer_widgets":"","ocean_shortcode_before_footer_bottom":"","ocean_shortcode_after_footer_bottom":"","ocean_display_top_bar":"default","ocean_display_header":"default","ocean_header_style":"","ocean_center_header_left_menu":"0","ocean_custom_header_template":"0","ocean_custom_logo":0,"ocean_custom_retina_logo":0,"ocean_custom_logo_max_width":0,"ocean_custom_logo_tablet_max_width":0,"ocean_custom_logo_mobile_max_width":0,"ocean_custom_logo_max_height":0,"ocean_custom_logo_tablet_max_height":0,"ocean_custom_logo_mobile_max_height":0,"ocean_header_custom_menu":"0","ocean_menu_typo_font_family":"0","ocean_menu_typo_font_subset":"","ocean_menu_typo_font_size":0,"ocean_menu_typo_font_size_tablet":0,"ocean_menu_typo_font_size_mobile":0,"ocean_menu_typo_font_size_unit":"px","ocean_menu_typo_font_weight":"","ocean_menu_typo_font_weight_tablet":"","ocean_menu_typo_font_weight_mobile":"","ocean_menu_typo_transform":"","ocean_menu_typo_transform_tablet":"","ocean_menu_typo_transform_mobile":"","ocean_menu_typo_line_height":0,"ocean_menu_typo_line_height_tablet":0,"ocean_menu_typo_line_height_mobile":0,"ocean_menu_typo_line_height_unit":"","ocean_menu_typo_spacing":0,"ocean_menu_typo_spacing_tablet":0,"ocean_menu_typo_spacing_mobile":0,"ocean_menu_typo_spacing_unit":"","ocean_menu_link_color":"","ocean_menu_link_color_hover":"","ocean_menu_link_color_active":"","ocean_menu_link_background":"","ocean_menu_link_hover_background":"","ocean_menu_link_active_background":"","ocean_menu_social_links_bg":"","ocean_menu_social_hover_links_bg":"","ocean_menu_social_links_color":"","ocean_menu_social_hover_links_color":"","ocean_disable_title":"default","ocean_disable_heading":"on","ocean_post_title":"","ocean_post_subheading":"","ocean_post_title_style":"","ocean_post_title_background_color":"","ocean_post_title_background":0,"ocean_post_title_bg_image_position":"","ocean_post_title_bg_image_attachment":"","ocean_post_title_bg_image_repeat":"","ocean_post_title_bg_image_size":"","ocean_post_title_height":0,"ocean_post_title_bg_overlay":0.5,"ocean_post_title_bg_overlay_color":"","ocean_disable_breadcrumbs":"default","ocean_breadcrumbs_color":"","ocean_breadcrumbs_separator_color":"","ocean_breadcrumbs_links_color":"","ocean_breadcrumbs_links_hover_color":"","ocean_display_footer_widgets":"default","ocean_display_footer_bottom":"default","ocean_custom_footer_template":"0","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"ocean_post_oembed":"","ocean_post_self_hosted_media":"","ocean_post_video_embed":"","ocean_link_format":"","ocean_link_format_target":"self","ocean_quote_format":"","ocean_quote_format_link":"post","ocean_gallery_link_images":"off","ocean_gallery_id":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","yoast_head":"\nFree radical bromination [h\u03bd, Br2] - ChemistryScore<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/chemistryscore.com\/free-radical-bromination-hv-br2\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Free radical bromination [h\u03bd, Br2] - ChemistryScore\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Free radical bromination [h\u03bd, Br2] Free Radical Bromination of Alkanes Definition: When treated with bromine (Br2) and light (h\u03bd) alkanes are converted into alkyl bromides. 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