What is the major product of the following reaction? A)CH₂ CHCH₂CH₃ B)CH₃CH CHCH₃ D)CH₃CH₂CH₂CH₂OCH₂CH₃

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The reaction shown is an SN2 reaction, which involves a nucleophile attacking a substrate and replacing a leaving group. In this case, the nucleophile is the negatively charged oxygen in the reagent NaOCH3, and the substrate is the primary alkyl halide 1-chloropropane. The leaving group is the chloride ion. The reaction will result in the inversion of stereochemistry at the chiral center, meaning that the (R)-configured chiral carbon in the starting material will become (S)-configured in the product. The major product will be the (S)-configured enantiomer of propyl methyl ether (CH3OCH2CH2CH3), shown in choice B.

What Is the Major Product of the Following Reaction