Ethylene oxide reacts readily with HO- because of the strain in the three-membered ring
Chapter 11, Problem 70(choose chapter or problem)
Ethylene oxide reacts readily with HO- because of the strain in the three-membered ring. Explain why cyclopropane, a compound with approximately the same amount of strain, does not react with HO-.
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