Carbocation Intermediate
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Stereochemistry I: Configuration and Symmetry — Advanced Organic Chemistry, Part A: Structure and Mechanisms▶ 25:59The impact of alkyl substitution on these hydration reactions is truly dramaticAlkyl groups accelerate the reaction because they both boost the electron density of the double bond, making it more attractive to the…So it's a double benefitAlkanes and Cycloalkanes — Advanced Organic Chemistry, Part A: Structure and Mechanisms▶ 4:33This leads down into a valleyThe carbocation intermediateExactlyCarbocation Rearrangements and Their Synthetic Utility — Advanced Organic Chemistry: Part B: Reaction and Synthesis▶ 2:40The electrophile, naturally drawn to the electron -rich pi bond of the alken or alken, that's the double or triple bond, it…This initial attack generates a temporary positive charge, what we call a carbocation intermediate, or at least a highly polarized transition state…And then almost immediately, a nucleophile with its abundance of electrons rushes in to capture that positive charge, completing the addition