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