Organic Chemistry
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Chapter 16, Problem 16.56AP
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A curved-arrow mechanism for the formation of isomeric compounds Y and Z by the slow conversion of an
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An electrophile is a positive species which has an affinity towards negative charge.
When the electrophilic substitution happens on an
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