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Offline Hoofhearted

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Polarity of alpha carbonyls?
« on: March 10, 2009, 11:30:18 PM »
Polarity alternation predicts that the alpha carbon of carbonyls is potentially acidic, basic, electrophilic, or nucleophilic?

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Offline macman104

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Re: Polarity of alpha carbonyls?
« Reply #1 on: March 11, 2009, 12:14:28 AM »
What evidence would you look for if the alpha proton was acidic?
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