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What accounts for the ease of imine formation between penicillinase and the sulfone antibiotic that counteracts penicillin resistance?
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This group is an electron withdrawing group, which means it pulls electron density away from the rest of the molecule. This is represented in LaTeX as \text{S=O}. Show more…
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