Concept explainers
(a)
Interpretation:
Mechanism for the transformation in step 1 has to be proposed.
Concept introduction:
Nucleophile: donates pair of electrons to positively charged substrate resulting in the formation of
Electrophile: It is positively charged species which seeks for negative charge and hence accepts pair of electrons from negatively charged species (Nucleophiles) which results in the formation of chemical bond.
(b)
Interpretation:
The experimental conditions which favors step-2 has to be given.
Concept introduction:
The normal reaction of an amide with water does not give good yield of product. As amides are least reactive
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