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The difluoromethylidene ligand, (M)=CF2, represents an intermediate between the Fischer carbene and Schrock carbene extremes. Account for the observation that the depicted complex C reacts

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The difluoromethylidene ligand, (M)=CF2, represents an intermediate between the Fischer carbene and Schrock carbene extremes. Account for the observation that the depicted complex C reacts rapidly at the carbenoid C with nucleophiles (Nu)and is completely unreactive towards electrophiles (E+), while the complex D reacts at the same site rapidly with E+but only slowly with Nu

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