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Vocaloid:

quick question about this mechanism

Vocaloid:

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Vocaloid:

@imqwerty just a quick question about the third step - is water capable of removing the methyl group in this situation?

imqwerty:

Umm the ion formed in the third figure looks super unstable so it might not even form and methyl is a bad leaving group so i think it won't leave \(\tiny{I'm ~~not ~~really ~~sure}\)

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