Question

Write the reactions involved in the conversion of propylene dichloride to isopropyl bromide.

Answer 1

Hint: When propylene or any unsaturated compound needs to be converted to saturate (Single bonded), it involved Markonikov’s rule of addition of hydrogen atom. Free radical addition reactions do not obey Markonikov’s rule since the selectivity of the mechanisms of these reactions are not predicted by Markonikov’s rule. These reactions are generally referred to as Anti-Markovnikov's additional reactions.

Complete step by step answer:
The reaction involved in the conversion of propylene dichloride to isopropyl bromide involves Markonikov’s rule. Here, the propylene is converted to the propane group, by the addition of the hydrogen to the carbon-containing more hydrogen, and the halide is added to a carbon-containing least number of the hydrogen atom. Here, the sodium hydroxide is used to remove the chloride and the hydrogen bromide is used to hydrogenate, and also induce bromine atoms to the compound. When propylene dichloride is treated with Hydrogen bromide, the hydrogen bromide dissociates into hydrogen ion and bromide ion involves the formation of the carbocation, to which the electro-negative bromine attaches to form 2-Bromo propane or isopropyl bromide and sodium chloride.
           

Note: The Russian chemist Vladimir Vasilyevich Markonikov’s first formulated this rule in 1865. When alkenes are treated with borane $(BH_3)$ in the presence of hydrogen peroxide or sodium hydroxide, alcohol is obtained as the final product. In this electrophilic addition reaction, the boron atom acts as an electrophile. This reaction does not obey Markonikov’s rule and can, therefore, be classified as an anti-Markovnikov's reaction.