@Safdar No i never asked anything about NMR. My only question is "When CH3 is directly attached to O(e.g. methoxide) then CH3 acts as Electron Withdrawing Group ?"
In a quora post i read "When CH3 is directly attached to O(e.g. methoxide) then CH3 acts as Electron Withdrawing Group , it's also proven by NMR Spectroscopy"
According to HSAB principle " hard acids prefer binding to the hard bases to give ionic complexes, whereas the soft acids prefer binding to soft bases to give covalent complexes. "
@Fancy-Toon " 1,4-addition product is major and 1,2 addition minor product" is a general statement for apha-beta unsaturated ketones .So, i don't think there is any role of the statement you stated above.
n a quora post i read "When CH3 is directly attached to O(e.g. methoxide) then CH3 acts as Electron Withdrawing Group , it's also proven by NMR Spectroscopy" Is it true ? Link to that post -