Organic Chemistry
Organic Chemistry
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ISBN: 9780078021558
Author: Janice Gorzynski Smith Dr.
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education
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Chapter 2, Problem 2.23P

Acetonitrile ( CH 3 CN ) has a pKa of 25 , making it more acidic than many other compounds having only C-H bonds. Draw Lewis structures for acetonitrile and its conjugate base. Use resonance structures to account for the acidity of acetonitrile.

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