Predicting products getting practice

To do this, we need to make a list, very similar to the one we made in the previous chapter on predicting products. In the list we made last chapter, we left out the products, so that w e could repeatedly photocopy the list and fill in the products. This time, we will make a list of the same reactions, but we will leave out the reagents, so that we can repeatedly photocopy the list and get practice filling in the reagents. 

The toughest test — predicting the product. The sooner you get practice the better. 

Clearly, you can only predict where the snbstitntion will take place if you know whether the group is an activator or a deactivator. In the next section, we will learn how to predict whether a group is an activator or a deactivator. Bnt for now, let s get some practice predicting products. 

Now that we have learned how to categorize the various kinds of groups, let s get practice using our skills to predict products ... 

In order to predict the products of a reaction, the first step is determining the identity and nature of the reagent. That is, you must analyze the reagent and determine the category to which it belongs. Let s get some practice with this critical skill. 

The practical aspect of interaction is that it does not make sense to discuss a regression in terms of raie x, without addressing the other x,s that are affected in the interaction. Conditional statements, not blanket statements, can be made. As previously mentioned, it is a good idea to check for interaction by including interactiOTi terms. To do this, one just includes the possible combinations of the predicted variables, multiplying them to get their cross-products. 

Using the previous three guidelines, let s get some practice predicting the product distribution in cases where steric effects control the outcome. 

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