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The nucleophile will attack the d⁺ carbon atom of the carbonyl group. Since the carbonyl group is planar, attack can occur from either side with equal probability. The product of this reaction ...

This is to do with the electrons in the metal atoms. When a piece of the metal is heated, if there is enough energy supplied to the atoms, their electrons are excited and are promoted (jump up) to higher ...

Water consists of two hydrogen atoms covalently bonded to an oxygen atom, the atoms oxygen has 6 outer shell electrons, and wach hydrogen donates one, this results in the structure having 8 electrons, mea...