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Bromine Is a Dense,deep Red-Brown Liquid Obtained by the Oxidation α\alpha

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Bromine is a dense,deep red-brown liquid obtained by the oxidation of bromide ion in seawater.Bromine is very toxic.Which of the following reactions of bromine with organic materials would be least likely in a biological system (would not occur) ?


A) Addition to non-aromatic carbon-carbon double bonds (e.g.,in fatty acids)
B) Electrophillic aromatic substitution of very activated aromatic rings (e.g.,in tyrosine,a phenol)
C) Oxidation of aldoses to aldonic acids (e.g.,CHO to CO2
D) ( α\alpha -bromination of fatty acids (e.g.,RCH2CO2H \rightarrow RCHBrCO2H) )
E) None of these reactions could occur in living systems.

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