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____ - carbon is adjacent to the carbonyl carbon.
Through ____, oxygen pulls some of the electron density out of these α-Hydrogens bonded to Carbons, weakening them.
Through induction, oxygen pulls some of the ____ out of these α-Hydrogens bonded to Carbons, weakening them.
Through induction, oxygen pulls some of the electron density out of these α-Hydrogens bonded to Carbons, ____ them.
Oxygen pulling on C-H bonds with α-hydrogens, makes it relatively easy to ____ the α -carbon of an aldehyde or ketone.
The ____ of α -hydrogens is augmented by resonance stabilization of the conjugate base.