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Consider the nucleophilic substitution of isoquinoline using KNH2. There are two possible major products in this reaction. (i) Draw the structures of both and ii) indicate which one you consider

to be the most likely to be produced. Use mechanisms and written text to explain why one forms in preference to the other(draw two mechanisms). In your mechanisms, show all intermediates and appropriate curly arrows to show the flow of electrons.

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