Organic Chemistry · Chapter 4: Analyzing Organic Reactions

Question

In both ____ reactions, a nucleophile forms a bond with a substrate carbon and a leaving group leaves.

Answer

In both SN1 and SN2 reactions, a nucleophile forms a bond with a substrate carbon and a leaving group leaves.
In both S N 1 and S N 2 reactions, a nucleophile forms a bond with a substrate carbon and a leaving group leaves.
Note: We can’t use nonpolar solvents in these nucleophile–electrophile reactions because our reactants are polar—they wouldn’t dissolve!

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