Chemistry A-Level
Nucleophilic addition to carbonyls
What Nucleophilic addition to carbonyls means in Chemistry A-Level, as defined for OCR.
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CN⁻ attacks the δ⁺ carbonyl carbon, the π bond of C=O breaks and the electrons move onto the oxygen, giving a negatively charged intermediate.
Topics that use Nucleophilic addition to carbonyls
- Carbon–carbon bond formation (OCR A-Level)
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