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What is the rate of hydration in the following compounds
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What is the order of rate of hydration in the following compounds:
My attempt to this question was checking the stability of carbocation. As III has a possibility of 3* ...
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Carbocation rearrangement with ring expansion
I was solving a particular question which landed me to a position where I have to decide whether the following ring expansion would take place or not by carbocation rearrangement:
If the expansion ...
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Hydrogen isotope effect on methyl shift
Consider this typical 1,2 methanide shift in a carbocation:
Which isotopic form of methanide ($\ce{CH3, CD3, or CT3}$) would migrate from secondary carbocation to form more stable tertiary ...
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