Question

Acetylene anion can react with butan-2-one to give a tertiary alcohol 3-methylpent-1-yn-3-ol upon neutralization. Using molecular orbital theory, draw the nucleophile and indicate its highest occupied molecular orbital. Draw the lowest unoccupied molecular orbital for the electrophile. Draw the direction of attack the nucleophile must take in order to react with the electrophile. Discuss the stereochemical outcome of the reaction

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