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AP EAMCET · Chemistry · General Organic Chemistry

Alkenes \((X)\) and carbonyl compounds \((Y)\) participate in which of the following addition reactions?

  1. A (X) - Electrophilic, (Y) - Electrophilic
  2. B (X) - Nucleophilic, (Y) - Electrophilic
  3. C (X) - Electrophilic, (Y) - Nucleophilic
  4. D (X) - Nucleophilic, (Y) - Nucleophilic
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(C) (X) - Electrophilic, (Y) - Nucleophilic

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Here, \(X=\) electrophile and \(Y\) - nucleophile. Alkenes \((X)\) are highly reactive compounds due to the presence of exposed \(\pi\)-electron cloud in them. These compounds show electrophilic reactions in which electrophiles attack the loosely held \(\pi\)-electron of…