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Diphenhydramine can also be synthesized by heating bromodiphenylmethane with the amino a...

Diphenhydramine can also be synthesized by heating bromodiphenylmethane with the amino alcohol shown here. Offer a reason why the oxygen, rather than the nitrogen, of this compound acts as the nucleophile. What factor favors the N? What factor favors the O? Which factor is winning in this case?

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