anchimeric assistance
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anchimeric assistance
[¦aŋ·kə¦mer·ik ə′sis·təns] (organic chemistry)
The participation by a neighboring group in the rate-determining step of a reaction; most often encountered in reactions of carbocation intermediates. Also known as neighboring-group participation.
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Chemical properties related to unsaturated centres: Hydrogenation; Oxidation through reaction with oxygen; Biological oxidation; Other oxidation reactions; Halogenation; Stereomutation; Metathesis; Double bond migration and cyclisation; Dimerisation (dimer acids, isostearic acid, estolides, Guerbet alcohols and acids);
Neighbouring group participation; Friedel-Crafts acylation and related reactions.
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