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Science Bowl Question

📅 MIT Science Bowl 2024🎓 HS🔄 Round 13#️⃣ Question 9 TOSS UP📝 Multiple Choice

In the second step of the Favorskii rearrangement, the enolate formed by deprotonation of an alpha carbon attacks the other alpha carbon, which is attached to a leaving group. Which of the following reaction mechanisms best describes the second step of the Favorskii rearrangement?

W) Electrophilic addition
X) Nucleophilic addition
Y) Electrophilic substitution
Z) Nucleophilic substitution
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