Organic Chemistry (9th Edition)
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ISBN: 9780321971371
Author: Leroy G. Wade, Jan W. Simek
Publisher: PEARSON
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Chapter 2, Problem 2.40SP
The following compound can become protonated on any of the three nitrogen atoms One of these nitrogens is much more basic than the others, however
- a. Draw the important resonance forms of the products of protonation on each of the three nitrogen atoms
- b. Determine which nitrogen atom is the most basic.
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