What do E1 and E2 reactions have in common?
1 Answer
Mar 23, 2018
E1 and E2 are both elimination reactions.
Both consist of a step where the leaving group leaves, and one where a proton is abstracted to form a
Both can generally occur in polar protic solvent (there are extreme exceptions), and both are technically always in competition with nucleophilic substitution.
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