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    Explain Why Alkoxides Act as Leaving Groups in Nucleophilic Acyl
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Explain Why Alkoxides Act as Leaving Groups in Nucleophilic Acyl

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Explain why alkoxides act as leaving groups in nucleophilic acyl substitutions but not in SN2 reactions.

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