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Q.Explain electromeric effect.

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Concept understanding — Electromeric Effect

The electromeric effect (E) is a temporary effect, present only in unsaturated compounds (>C=C<>C=C< or >C=O>C=O) and only while a reagent is actually attacking -- it vanishes the instant the reagent is removed, unlike the permanent inductive, resonance and hyperconjugation effects. On approach of a reagent, the mobile π\pi-electron pair shifts instantaneously and completely toward or away from that reagent, forming a new bond.

+E (positive electromeric effect): the π\pi-electrons shift toward the attacking reagent. Example: addition of H+H^+ to an alkene -- the π\pi electrons move to bond with the incoming proton, forming a new C-H bond and leaving a carbocation on the other carbon. …

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