Question: An enolate is a very strong nucleophile. Bromine is a strong electrophile, so it can react with much weaker nucleophiles. Give mechanisms for the reactions

An enolate is a very strong nucleophile. Bromine is a strong electrophile, so it can react with much weaker nucleophiles. Give mechanisms for the reactions of bromine with cyclopentene and with phenol, which are both much weaker nucleophiles than an enolate.

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