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So for some reason the strong base abstract D and not H even tho I was able to make it anti-periplanar for both H and D? Would it be right if it abstracted the hydrogen and not the D?
u/Icy-Leadership3152 — 15 days ago

So for some reason the strong base abstract D and not H even tho I was able to make it anti-periplanar for both H and D? Would it be right if it abstracted the hydrogen and not the D?
I think they’re right, i assigned the priorities which go in a counterclockwise and then flip to R because lowest priority (H) is wedge