Fall15-POUTSMA Activities and Due Dates conjugated additions 10/30/2015 10:00 AM

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Fall15-POUTSMA Activities and Due Dates conjugated additions 10/30/2015 10:00 AM A 2.6/4 Print Calculator -d Periodic Table 0-2 of 4 Incorrect . Incorrect ' ! Incorrect Incorrect X this question has been customized by Jennifer Poutsma at old Dominion University sapling Predict the major addition product of the following reaction. NaCN HCI OH Explanation Previous Give Up & View Solution . Try Again An .gunsaturated carbonyl has two sites of electrophilicity: the carbonyl carbon and the &carbon; of alkene. Cyanide (NC) is the nucleophile

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under acidic conditions the 1,2 addition of the cyanide anion is possible hence the product is as written onn the right side rather than the 1,4 roduct which adds accross the conjugated double bond.

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