My friend keeps telling me there's something wrong with this mechanism, is he full of shit or am I retarded?
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and he wont tell me because he says it's too obvious
obvious deprot/prot steps omitted but looks mechanistically fine
>>8632434
your friend is right, the reaction will not work, likely to be held bromination
>>8632434
He probably means oh shit nigger why do you have a Br+ ion there