(Solved): When ethylbenzene is treated with NBS and irradiated with UV light, two stereoisomeric compounds ar ...

When ethylbenzene is treated with NBS and irradiated with UV light, two stereoisomeric compounds are obtained in equal amounts. Draw the products and explain why they are obtained in equal amounts: $$\stackrel{\text{ NBS }}{?}$$ twO products Modify the given structures to draw the two stereoisomeric products. Of the following, which does NOT explain why the products are obtained in equal amounts? A racemic mixture is formed. Attack on either face of planar radical intermediate is equally likely. The reaction generates a new chiral center. Backside attack on the radical intermediate leads to two diastereomers.