4 Answered Questions for the topic Reactivity

07/11/19

Why is the iodide anion a good nucleophile but a poor base?
The $\\mathrm{pK_{aH}}$ of $\\ce I^-$ is very low which indicated that it is not favourable for it to bond with a proton. However, why would it be likely to bond with any other atom (mostly carbon... more
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07/02/19

Why is a ketone more nucleophilic than an ester?
I guess the ester is a weaker nucleophile because it does have an additional oxygen atom, unlike the ketone, that is pulling electrons from the C-O double bond towards the carbon atom (this happens... more
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06/26/19

Why is a hydroxyl group more activating than a methoxy group in electrophilic aromatic substitution?
Why is phenol more reactive towards electrophilic substitution than methoxybenzene? Isn't the lone pair on the methoxy group oxygen more available for participating in resonance into the ring than... more
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Reactivity

11/14/17

which is less reactive ethane or benzene ?
And which is more stable also 
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