Bredt's Rule
Can someone please explain Bredt's rule for bridgehead atoms? I know the rule itself,
Atoms and lone electron pairs on bridgehead atoms don't participate in reactions as the structure inhibits ion formation. But I do not understand why the ion formation is inhibited and thus, why reactions don't take place at the bridgehead atoms.
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I am not sure if bicyclo compounds, that's what these are, right? Those are all in the syllabus, but okay, Solomons has this in detail, you can check it out.
Yup it's bicyclo compounds
sp2 hybridized carbon cannot go to sp3
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Bredt's Rule - Explained with Proof | Applications | Problems | IIT...
In its original form, Bredt's Rule stated that bridged ring systems and pinane cannot have a double bond at the bridgehead position .
In principle, the Bredt’s rule is simply a consequence of the strain induced by a planar bridgehead carbon.
A few key concepts to keep in mind when understanding the Bredt’s rule are –
A double bond comprises on...
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