Burgi-Dunitz angle

Layer 2 — Chemistryin the heterocyclic-chemistry subtree

Burgi-Dunitz 1973 nucleophilic attack on carbonyl proceeds at 107 +/- 5 deg from C=O bond axis (not 90 deg as classically expected); explains Baldwin rules + stereoselectivity; X-ray crystallography evidence.

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