Dimethylformamide (DMF), HCON(CH3)2, is an example of a polar aprotic solvent, aprotic meaning it has no hydrogen

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Dimethylformamide (DMF), HCON(CH3)2, is an example of a polar aprotic solvent, aprotic meaning it has no hydrogen atoms attached to highly electronegative atoms.
(a) Draw its dash structural formula, showing unshared electron pairs.
(b) Draw what you predict to be its most important resonance forms [one is your answer to part (a)]
(c) DMF, when used as the reaction solvent, greatly enhances the reactivity of nucleophiles (e.g., -CN from sodium cyanide) in reactions like this:
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Organic Chemistry

ISBN: 978-1118133576

11th edition

Authors: Graham Solomons, Craig Fryhle, Scott Snyder

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