Chemistry A-Level
Predicting major and minor organic products
What Predicting major and minor organic products means in Chemistry A-Level, as defined for OCR.
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Predict the product by placing the halogen on the carbon that can best support the positive charge in the intermediate, giving the major product and the minor product.
Topics that use Predicting major and minor organic products
- Alkenes (OCR A-Level)
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- Addition polymerisation of alkenes
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