p-nitrobenzaldehyde is more reactive toward nucleophilic additions than p-methoxybenzaldehyde....
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p-nitrobenzaldehyde is more reactive toward nucleophilic additions than p-methoxybenzaldehyde. Explain why.
Nucleophilic Addition Reaction:
Nucleophilic reactions are of different types-substitution, addition, elimination etc. In nucleophilic addition, electron-rich species, i.e. nucleophile, forms a single bond with electron-deficient species, i.e. electrophile.
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View this answerp-nitrobenzaldehyde is a compound with benzene as parent structure and has two substitutions. Since it is mentioned as para, nitro group, is...
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Nucleophilic Addition Reactions of Aldehydes & Ketones
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Chapter 2 / Lesson 10
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Discover nucleophilic addition reactions of aldehydes and ketones and see examples. Understand the reactivity of carbonyl compounds to undergo nucleophilic substitutions.
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