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Dochopeful13

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Can someone please explain why one of these electrophiles is better than other?
 
@aldol16 might help you on this one, but based on what i know, the carbonyl carbon is more electrophilic than a tertiary one. Because the oxygen is closer to the electrons (sp2 hybridized) thus pulling electrons harder toward it making the Carbonyl carbon more electrophilic (electron loving , since electron are being pulled away from it). Whereas the other compound is sp3 hybridized, so the electron are far away from the nucleus.
 
This question was double posted. See the other one for full details.
 
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