so why are you moving the positive charge only 2 bonds/positions over? why can't we move it more or less times?...stupid question maybe, but I have just been introduced to this
Excellent explanation. Use of color would be helpful though. For example, instead of retaining the previously shown wedge and dashed bonds on a carbocation, presumably to help the student identify the structural elements that have rearranged, different colors could be used to indicate which carbon atoms become carbocations.
Randyjama - the 1,2-shift of a carbocation cannot happen more bonds away - it is too far for the electrons in the moving bond to "jump"
jeanclaudebradley 1 year ago
so why are you moving the positive charge only 2 bonds/positions over? why can't we move it more or less times?...stupid question maybe, but I have just been introduced to this
randyjama 1 year ago
True - color could help for the next one I do. Thanks for the suggestion.
jeanclaudebradley 3 years ago
Excellent explanation. Use of color would be helpful though. For example, instead of retaining the previously shown wedge and dashed bonds on a carbocation, presumably to help the student identify the structural elements that have rearranged, different colors could be used to indicate which carbon atoms become carbocations.
premed411 3 years ago