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Offline chunli

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hello admin and friends,
im so sorry for using caps lock before,I was in a hurry and did not read the forum rules,but will be careful from now on.
I need help with the mechanism of the following , please help , I have solved one out of two mechanisms and this is the one I am struggling with.Its the part b.
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Re: sorry for using caps lock before.need help with cyclohexanone mechanism.
« Reply #1 on: October 24, 2011, 01:40:28 AM »
Read up on the mechanism for imine formation; this one is virtually identical to that.

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Re: sorry for using caps lock before.need help with cyclohexanone mechanism.
« Reply #2 on: October 24, 2011, 08:15:22 AM »
Two points to what has been added so far. First, I am very particular about how curved arrows are used. The curved arrow starts with the oxygen rather than the electrons of oxygen. Curved arrows only show electron movements. Secondly, if the nitrogen of hydroxylamine is in the product, why isn't it included in any prospective attacks on the C=O bond?
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