Chap Posted December 24, 2011 Share Posted December 24, 2011 I have come across 2 mechanisms of bromination of alkenes. One mechanism (the one in my A-level Chemistry book- University of Cambridge) states that a carbocation is formed, but my undergraduate chemistry course book (from the open university of sri lanka) states that a carbocation is not formed and a differenet mechanism is given, in which a bromonium ion intermediate is formed. This mechanism is acually supported by many websites I visited to; so I'm curious why I was thought a wrong mechanism in the Cambridge A-levels book. First of all, is it a wrong mechanism? Thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hypervalent_iodine Posted December 25, 2011 Share Posted December 25, 2011 The correct mechanism is the one in which the bromonium ion is formed: 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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