Organic Chemistry, Books a la Carte Edition (8th Edition)
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Author: Bruice, Paula Yurkanis
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Chapter 12.11, Problem 25P
Interpretation Introduction
Interpretation:
Antioxidant property of catechins should be explained through resonance.
Concept introduction:
Radical or free radical: unpaired valence electron of an atom, molecule, or ion is called as radical.
Resonance:
Resonance is a way of describing delocalized electrons within certain molecules where the bonding cannot be expressed by one single Lewis structure.
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Organic Chemistry, Books a la Carte Edition (8th Edition)
Ch. 12.2 - Prob. 1PCh. 12.2 - Write the steps for formation of...Ch. 12.3 - Prob. 3PCh. 12.4 - How many alkyl chlorides are obtained from...Ch. 12.4 - Prob. 6PCh. 12.5 - Prob. 8PCh. 12.5 - a. Would chlorination or bromination produce a...Ch. 12.5 - Show how the following compounds could be prepared...Ch. 12.6 - Prob. 12PCh. 12.7 - Prob. 13P
Ch. 12.7 - Prob. 14PCh. 12.8 - Prob. 15PCh. 12.8 - Draw the stereoisomers of the major...Ch. 12.9 - Prob. 18PCh. 12.9 - How many allylic substituted bromoalkenes are...Ch. 12.9 - a. How many stereoisomers are formed from the...Ch. 12.9 - Prob. 21PCh. 12.9 - Prob. 22PCh. 12.10 - Prob. 23PCh. 12.11 - How many atoms share the unpaired electrons in...Ch. 12.11 - Prob. 25PCh. 12 - Prob. 26PCh. 12 - Prob. 27PCh. 12 - Prob. 28PCh. 12 - Prob. 29PCh. 12 - Prob. 30PCh. 12 - Prob. 31PCh. 12 - Prob. 32PCh. 12 - Prob. 33PCh. 12 - Prob. 34PCh. 12 - Prob. 35PCh. 12 - Prob. 36PCh. 12 - Prob. 37PCh. 12 - a. What five-carbon alkene forms the same product...Ch. 12 - Prob. 39PCh. 12 - Starting with cyclohexane, how could the following...Ch. 12 - a. Propose a mechanism for the following reaction:...Ch. 12 - What stereoisomers are obtained from the following...Ch. 12 - Prob. 43PCh. 12 - Prob. 44PCh. 12 - Prob. 45PCh. 12 - Draw the products of the following reactions,...Ch. 12 - Prob. 47PCh. 12 - Prob. 48PCh. 12 - Prob. 49PCh. 12 - Explain why the rate of bromination of methane...Ch. 12 - Prob. 51PCh. 12 - Prob. 1PCh. 12 - Prob. 2PCh. 12 - Prob. 3PCh. 12 - Prob. 4P
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