How to pronounce“bromobutane”in English

So we took 2-bromobutane, did our E2 reaction, and have major and minor alkene products.

incorporated into bromobutane and so for this particular

been incorporated into bromobutane and in this particular situation only bromine has been incorporated into

So for the E2 reaction we just did with 2-bromobutane, we mostly get Zaitsev products, plus a little bit of this other alkene with the double bond in a different spot.

For example, let's look at 2-bromobutane reacting under basic conditions.

We can add in some real atoms and molecules here: the substrate is 1-bromobutane, which switches its bromide dance partner for hydroxide.

reacts with sodium bromide and sulfuric acid it's going to give us bromobutane