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Why is the A-value of methoxy group lower than that of the hydroxyl group?
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Laurence Stein
Why is the A-value of methoxy group lower than that of the hydroxyl group?
I'm hazarding an educated guess here and going to say that the O-C bond is longer than the O-H bond and that there are more interaction between the axial substituents of the H from the hydroxyl group compared to the O-C-H of the longer distant from the other substituent methoxy group.
I'm hazarding an educated guess here and going to say that the O-C bond is longer than the O-H bond and that there are more interaction between the axial substituents of the H from the hydroxyl group compared to the O-C-H of the longer distant from the other substituent methoxy group.
I'm hazarding an educated guess here and going to say that the O-C bond is longer than the O-H bond and that there are more interaction between the axial substituents of the H from the hydroxyl group compared to the O-C-H of the longer distant from the other substituent methoxy group.
I'm hazarding an educated guess here and going to say that the O-C bond is longer than the O-H bond and that there are more interaction between the axial substituents of the H from the hydroxyl group compared to the O-C-H of the longer distant from the other substituent methoxy group.
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