Thursday 18 February 2016

Abstraction Defination

Abstraction 
A CHEMICAL REACTION or TRANSFORMATION,
the main feature of which is the bimolecular
removal of an atom (neutral or charged) from a
MOLECULAR ENTITY. For example: proton abstraction
from acetone
CH3COCH3 + (i-C3H7)2N– →
(CH3COCH2)– + (i-C3H7)2NH
hydrogen abstraction from methane
CH4 + Cl. → H3C. + HCl


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