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Electronic Effects & Acidity
Exam-focused revision notes on Electronic Effects & Acidity for CSIR-NET Chemical Sciences, GATE Chemistry and IIT-JAM — the core concepts, the formulas worth memorising, the traps that cost marks, and a quick-recall table.
The core idea
Reactivity, acidity and basicity are governed by how substituents push or pull electron density. Four effects do most of the work: inductive, resonance, hyperconjugation, and the stability of the conjugate base or acid produced.
What this note covers
- 1The core idea
- 2Inductive effect (−I / +I)
- 3Resonance / mesomeric effect (−M / +M)
- 4Hyperconjugation
- 5Acidity
- 6Basicity of amines
- 7Common traps students miss
- 830-second recall table
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