Inductive power?
1 Answer
The relative order of -I effects is
Explanation:
The -I effect is the decrease in electron density in one portion of a molecule caused by electron-withdrawing somewhere else in the molecule.
It is usually caused by an electronegatvity difference (
For example, here are the electronegativity differences for three bonds:
Hence, I would expect the order to be
An alkyl (R) group is electron donating. so it would reduce the -I effect of the
Thus
and the final order becomes