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Dr. Glaser's Visualization Center
To accompany Bruice, Organic Chemistry, 3/e, Chapter 10

Theme Molecule Name Chemical Formula
Structures of Carbanions methyl anion (S) CH3-
Structures of Carbanions ethyl anion (S) C2H5-
Structures of Carbanions vinyl anion (S) C2H3-
Structures of Carbanions ethynyl anion (S) HC2-
Structures of Carbanions sec.-propyl anion (S) Me2CH-
Structures of Carbanions tert.-butyl anion (S) Me3C-
E2(Me2EtCCl) 2-chloro-2-methylbutane (S)
Me2CClEt
E2(Me2EtCCl) 2-methyl-2-butene (S)
Me2C=CHMe
E2(Me2EtCCl) 2-methyl-1-butene (S)
H2C=CEtMe
E1(t-BuCl) tert.-butyl chloride (S) Me3CCl
E1(t-BuCl) tert.-butyl cation (S) Me3C+
E1(t-BuCl) isobutene (S) Me3Me2C=CH2
E2(chlorocyclohexane) axial chlorocyclohexane (S) C6H11Clax
E2(chlorocyclohexane) equatorial chlorocyclohexane (S) C6H11Cleq

[a] All structures of anions were optimized at the correlated level MP2(full)/6-31+G*.
[b] All structures involved in the E2 and E1 reactions were optimized at the correlated level MP2(full)/6-31G*.