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Offline dsk123

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substitution reactions
« on: September 04, 2020, 02:40:47 AM »
when cyclohexanol bonds does a substitution reaction with PBr3, why does a Br atom remove from the chain? Doesn't phosphorus make 5 bonds in total?

Another question is how does the detachment of the H atom gets the oxygen to become neutral charge? Lastly, how does Nitrogen from the pyridine take the H atom if Nitrogen is already bonded to 3 pairs in the pyridine?

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Re: substitution reactions
« Reply #1 on: September 04, 2020, 02:29:31 PM »
It is a forum rule that you must provide your attempt to answer before we can help you.  I will try to get you started, however.  It is important to distinguish between a hydrogen atom and a proton.  The rules that you learned about formal charges on atoms are valuable in deciding which atoms have positive charges, which have negative charges, and which are neutral.

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