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Double bonds can also act like Lewis bases, sharing their electrons with Lewis acids. Use curved arrows to show how each double bond below will react with HCl and draw the resulting carbocation. (a) H2C=CH2 (b) (c)

          Double bonds can also act like Lewis bases, sharing their electrons with Lewis acids. Use curved arrows to show how each double bond below will react with HCl and draw the resulting carbocation.
(a) H2C=CH2
(b)
(c)

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Chemistry: Structure and Properties

Nivaldo Tro 2nd Edition

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03/27/2023

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The double bond consists of a sigma bond and a pi bond. The pi bond can act as a Lewis base, sharing its electrons with the Lewis acid HCl. The hydrogen atom in HCl will form a bond with one of the carbon atoms, while the chloride ion will be left behind. This Show more…

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