NEET Chemistry Nucleophilic Addition MCQ Question
When ethylene glycol attacks a ketone in a nucleophilic addition reaction, what is the expected change in the hybridization state of the carbonyl carbon atom?
From sp2 to sp3
From sp3 to sp2
From sp to sp3
From sp2 to sp
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During nucleophilic addition, the carbonyl carbon atom undergoes a change from sp2 to sp3 hybridization due to the formation of a tetrahedral alkoxide intermediate.
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