A-LevelChemistryCarbonyl compoundsOct/Nov 2012Paper 1 Q281 Mark
In 1903 Arthur Lapworth became the first chemist to investigate a reaction mechanism. The reaction he investigated was that of hydrogen cyanide with propanone. What do we now call the mechanism of this reaction?
Aelectrophilic addition
Belectrophilic substitution
Cnucleophilic addition
Dnucleophilic substitution
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