A chemist has a compound, C4H9Cl, which he believes to be ei…
A chemist has a compound, C4H9Cl, which he believes to be either n-butyl chloride or t-butyl chloride. He reacts the compound with potassium t-butoxide and gets an alkene, C4H8. He determines that the rate of reaction decreases when the concentration of potassium t-butoxide decreases. Therefore, the original compound was: