When a dilute solution of acetaldehyde in D2O containing NaOD is shaken, explain why the methyl hydro-gens are exchanged with deuterium but the hydrogen attached to the carbonyl carbon is not. −ODD2O CH3CHO CD3CH
When a dilute solution of acetaldehyde in D2O containing NaOD is shaken, explain why the methyl hydro-gens are exchanged with deuterium but the hydrogen attached to the carbonyl carbon is not. −ODD2O CH3CHO CD3CH
Chapter16: Chemistry Of Benzene: Electrophilic Aromatic Substitution
Section16.4: Substituent Effects In Electrophilic Substitutions
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When a dilute solution of acetaldehyde in D2O containing NaOD is shaken, explain why the methyl hydro-
gens are exchanged with deuterium but the hydrogen attached to the carbonyl carbon is not.
−OD
D2O CH3
C
H
O
CD3
C
H
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