Question
The carbon____ is the most common electrophile you’ll see on Test Day.
Answer
The carbonyl carbon is the most common electrophile you’ll see on Test Day.
Note: Remember why this group has a dipole moment: oxygen is more electronegative and pulls electrons away from the carbon, making the carbon electrophilic and a good target for nucleophiles.
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A ____ has two alkyl groups bonded to the carbonyl.
____ has one alkyl group and one hydrogen bonded to a carbonyl.
Aryl is any functional group or substituent derived from ____ .
____ is any functional group or substituent derived from an aromatic ring .
____ are named by replacing the – e at the end of the alkane name with the suffix – al .
Aldehydes are named by replacing the ____.