Chemistry, asked by sunny9479, 1 year ago

Why alcohol can act as both nucleophile and electrophile

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Answered by gauravarduino

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Alcohol are versatile compounds. They act as both electrophilic and nucleophilic. When alcohol reacts with hydrochloric acid, C-O bond is broken and -OH group is displaced by Cl- ion. When alcohol reacts with carboxylic acids, O-H bond is broken and only -H is displaced by -COR group.

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