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When CH3I is heated in a sealed tube when an excess of alcoholic ammonia

Why does not ethytamine form?
Original post by Hazel99
Why does not ethytamine form?


Why should molecules with one carbon atom fuse at the carbons to make a molecule with two carbon atoms?
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[QUOTE=charco;67931044]Why should molecules with one carbon atom fuse at the carbons to make a molecule with two carbon atoms?

I'm not sure?
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Original post by Hazel99
I'm not sure?


Can you draw ethylamine?
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[QUOTE=alow;67944156]Can you draw ethylamine?

Yeah,

-h -h
H-C-C-N-H
- - -
H h H
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Original post by Hazel99
Yeah,

-h -h
H-C-C-N-H
- - -
H h H


And you're starting with CH3I, so forming that C-C bond isn't really going to happen under these reaction conditions.
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And you're starting with CH3I, so forming that C-C bond isn't really going to happen under these reaction conditions.


Why does it need a C-C bond?
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Original post by Hazel99
Why does it need a C-C bond?


Ethylamine has a C-C bond.
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Ethylamine has a C-C bond.

Ok, thank you 😂

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