Question
SN1 reactions pass through ____ before the nucleophile attacks, the product will usually be a racemic mixture.
Answer
SN1 reactions pass through a planar intermediate before the nucleophile attacks, the product will usually be a racemic mixture.
Note: The following image represents an SN2 reaction.
Rate=k[Nu:][R–L].
Note: The following image represents an SN1 reaction.
Rate=k[R–L].
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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