Pushing Electrons
Pushing Electrons
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ISBN: 9781133951889
Author: Weeks, Daniel P.
Publisher: Cengage Learning
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Chapter 3, Problem 32EQ
Interpretation Introduction

Interpretation:

The products of protonation on the epoxide oxygen by hydronium ion are to be written.

Concept Introduction:

The simultaneous making and breaking of sigma bonds occurs also between a neutral nucleophile or base with pushable electrons and a positively charged species that can act as a receptor.

Pushing Electrons, Chapter 3, Problem 32EQ

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