Question

How would you prepare the following compounds, starting with cyclopentene and any other reagents needed? (c) 3-Bromocyclopentene.

Short answer

3-Bromocyclopentene can be formed in the following way:

Step-by-step solution

Step-by-step solutionStep 1: Chlorination

It means substitution of one hydrogen from the reactant, so that halogen atom can be added there.

Alkyl halide

Alkyl halides are also known as haloalkanes or halogenoalkanes. They contains one or more halogen substituents i.e. –Br, -Cl,-I,-F.

Preparation of 3-bromo-cyclopentene

The desired product 3-bromocyclopentene can be prepared by brominating cyclopantene.

The reaction is as follows:

Preparation of 3-bromocyclopentene