Organic Chemistry · MilesDown: Organic Chemistry

Question

Removal of a proton from the ____ hindered) α-carbon gives the thermodynamic enolate.
Enolates Kinetic vs Thermodynamic Blank: Removal of a proton from the ____ hindered) α-carbon gives the thermodynamic enolate.

Answer

Removal of a proton from the more substituted (and more hindered) α-carbon gives the thermodynamic enolate.
Enolates Kinetic vs Thermodynamic Blank: Removal of a proton from the more substituted (and more hindered) α-carbon gives the thermodynamic enolate.
The thermodynamic enolate has the more substituted C=C double bond
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