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Chapter 5: Q 10TP (page 190)

Use what the curved arrows tell you about electron movement to determine the product(s) of each reaction step.

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The first step is to use a curved arrow.

• As new covalent bonds are formed and existing covalent bonds are destroyed, electrons move in curved arrows.

• Each arrow represents the movement of two electrons (an electron pair) from a single atom to an electrophile (nucleophile) at the end of the arrow (at the point of the arrow).

• The arrow's tail denotes the location of the reactant's electrons; the tail always starts at a lone pair or a bond.

• The arrow's head always points to an atom or a bond, indicating where these same electrons end up in the result.

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The first step is to use a curved arrow.

• As new covalent bonds are formed and existing covalent bonds are destroyed, electrons move in curved arrows.

• Each arrow represents the movement of two electrons (an electron pair) from a single atom to an electrophile (nucleophile) at the end of the arrow (at the point of the arrow).

• The arrow's tail denotes the location of the reactant's electrons; the tail always starts at a lone pair or a bond.

• The arrow's head always points to an atom or a bond, indicating where these same electrons end up in the result.

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b.Which monosubstituted cyclohexane has the most negative ∆G° for this conversion?

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Draw curved arrows to show the flow of electrons responsible for the conversion of the reactants to products
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