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Can we use nucelophiles such as NH3 ,CH3O for the Nucleophilic substitution of alcohols

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1. Increasing order of nucelophilicity,

NH3 < – OH < CH3O⊖-

2. Higher electron density will increase the nucelophilicity.

3. Negatively charged species are almost always more nucelophiles than neutral species.

4. RO has an alkyl group attached, allowing a greater amount of polarizability. This means oxygen’s lone pairs will be more readily available to reach in RO than in OH .

Hence CH3O – is the better nucelophile for the nucleophilic substitution of alcohols. NH3 cannot act as nucelophile for the nucleophilic substitution of alcohols.



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