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Standard XII
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Nucleophilic Addition at the Carbonyl
What is ambid...
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What is ambident electrophile?
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A species is said to be ambident if it contains two alternate and strongly reactive distinguishable centers.
Carboxylic esters have two reactive centers which react with nucleophiles.
The reactive centers are the carbonyl group and an alkoxy group.
Therefore, ambident electrophile has two reactive centers which react with the nucleophile.
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