 Nucleophilic aromatic substitution (source code)

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= Nucleophilic aromatic substitution
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= SNAr reaction
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In an addition–elimination pathway, a <nucleophile> attacks an aromatic carbon and forms a <Meisenheimer complex>; leaving-group loss restores <aromaticity>. Electron-withdrawing groups ortho or para to the attacked site can stabilize the addition intermediate.

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