Question

The 2-pyridone anion is an ambident nucleophile. Due to resonance effects, both the carbon and nitrogen atoms are nucleophilic. The nitrogen atom is generally more reactive toward electrophiles, but in the presence of Ag the oxygen atom becomes more reactive. (a) Draw the products of these two reactions in acetonitrile (CH3CN, polar aprotic solvent) (0.4 pts) Ag

Answer 1

store A Y OAS b) o As nitrogen atom is less electronegetive compare to oxygen the negetive charge on nitrogen! easily shared to earr bokation to form covale neovalent bond (A) As oxgen being more electronegetive compared to nitrogen , the silver cation (Agt) forms ionie. bond with alkoxide to give (B).