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Basicity in imidazole
« on: May 31, 2004, 01:55:10 PM »
Why is the nitrogen attached to the double bond more basic than the one attached to the hydrogen in imidazole? ???
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Re:Basicity in imidazole
« Reply #1 on: June 01, 2004, 01:15:40 AM »
The electron pair of the last one is involved in aromaticity.
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