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Is there a property that indicates the presence of superacid?
Superacids are often characterized as acids that are stronger than 100% sulfuric acid. However, this definition is somewhat arbitrary, and accurately determining the acid strength in concentrated ...
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How can I- be both a nucleophile and a weak base?
I am just confused as to how $\ce{I-}$ cannot attract $\ce{H+}$, but it can attack a carbocation. It is sharing electrons in both cases, so what is the difference?
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Mechanism for acid-catalyzed dehydration of 2,3-dimethylcyclopentanol
How do you get from 2,3-dimethylcyclopentanol to 1,2-dimethylcyclopent-1-ene?
I know the -OH group leaves as water (being protonated by acid) forming a carbocation. Then the weak nucleophile (water) ...
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