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Same set of carboxylate reagents yielding two different products with an alkylide
I recently came across two contrasting products for the same set of reagents - carboxylic acid and alkyllithium, and wish to understand why exactly any difference exists between the two.
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How can a methyl halide react by intramolecular SN2?
Out of the following, $\ce{CH3Br}$ doesn't react by which mechanism?
SN2
SN1
E2
Intramolecular SN2
E1
My textbook gives 2, 3 and 5 as the correct answers, which means it does react ...