
Organic Chemistry
Halogen Derivatives Solutions
Alcohol Halogenation - 1
For this assignment, the target compound that you should synthesize is chloro-cyclohexane. This is a
substitution reaction
a
List the starting materials, solvent, reagent, and products formed: cyclohexanol, Hydrochloric acid,
diethyl ether, Chlorocyclohexane, H2O
Is this a substitution or an elimination reaction? Substitution reaction
What is the leaving group in this reaction? H2O
What is the nucleophile in this reaction?