Organic Chemistiry: The Availabiltiy of Electron Density

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The reactivity of a bond or an atom towards a particular reagent in a compound is significantly affected by the availability of electrons. The influence availability of electron density is affected by following factors: inductive effect, mesomeric effect, electromeric effect and hyperconjugation.
Inductive Effect
In chemical makeup and science, the 'Inductive Effect' is an experimentally observable impact of the transmitting of charge through a chain of atoms in a molecule. It can also define as the process of electron displacement along the chain of carbon atoms.
It is a permanent effect and results due to the presence of a polar covalent bond at one end of the chain and does not depend upon the presence of a reagent. Electrons displaced towards more electronegative atom.

When atom or group of atoms have greater electron attracting capacity than hydrogen this is the electron-withdrawing inductive effect, also known as the -I effect. The positive charge is relayed to the other atoms in the chain, if the electronegative atom joined a chain of carbon atoms. Example of electron-withdrawing inductive effect (-I) effect
• NO2> CN>COOH>F>Cl> Br> I > OH> OCH3 > C6H5 > H
When atoms or group of atoms having smaller electron attracting power than hydrogen, they repel electrons towards carbon atom this is the electron-repelling inductive effect, also known as the +I effect. Example of electron- repelling inductive effect (+I) effect.
• (CH3)3C > (CH3)2CH > CH3CH2 > CH3

The more electronegative atom has a slight negative charge (δ–) and the other atom has a slight positive charge (δ+). In able to decide the point of attack in molecule, inductive affects changes the electron density in a molecule.
Mesomeric effect
The mesomeric effect...

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...entiating in bond length, resonance affects the bond length: single bond is shortened while the double bond becomes longer while, tautomerism has no effect on bond length.
About the dynamic equilibrium resonating structures are not in dynamic equilibrium but tautomerism is in dynamic equilibrium with each other. The two tautomeric forms exist together though the equilibrium may shift to either side with a change in condition. The tautomers have a physical reality whereas the resonance structures are imaginary.

Change in the position of atom (generally hydrogen) involve in tautomerism, while resonance involve a change in the position of the unshared or pi bond only. Example, by considering an amide which is 1.52 the resonance form 1.53 shows a different in the position of charge, while the tautomer 1.54 shows a different in the position of a hydrogen atom.

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