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Chapter14: Aldehydes And Ketones

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Problem 14.55E: The addition of water to aldehydes and ketones occurs rapidly, although it is not thermodynamically...

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if you start with a chiral alkyl halide in your synthesis of an alcohol and you perform an SN2 type of reaction would you expect inversion of the configuration or a racemic mixture of a product?

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Since in SN2 reaction, the Nuclophile attacks from the back side of the leaving group.

Hence the inversion of configuration takes place.

And since it can not attack from the side of leaving group attached, Hence racemic mixture will not form.

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