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(Solved): Which of the following statements about the reduction of epoxides with LiA_(1)H_(4) is true? The nuc ...
Which of the following statements about the reduction of epoxides with
LiA_(1)H_(4)is true? The nucleophile is a hydride (
H-). In unsymmetrical epoxides, nucleophilic attack of H - occurs at the more substituted carbon atom. The reaction follows
S^(1)1mechanism. The nucleophile, H -, is a weak nucleophile.
