What is Back-side Attack?
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Term used for the attachment of the nucleophile in an SN2 reaction to kick off the leaving group. In slang, it means to fail a test or have a lot of difficulty on a test, especially an organic chemistry test.
That orgo test just back-side attacked me, SN2 style.
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One who bucks the zeitgeist and listens to a CD player instead of MP3s.
That fellow is an ipodoclast.
See ipod, iconoclast, luddite, c..
