What is the reason for these compounds to undergo Sn1 or Sn2 or both mechanisms?
1-chloropropanone(chloroacetone)
benzyl chloride
bromobenzene
bromocyclopentane
bromocyclohexane
2-bromobutane
2-chlorobutane
1-chlorobutane
2-chloro-2-methylpropane
1-chloropropanone(chloroacetone)
benzyl chloride
bromobenzene
bromocyclopentane
bromocyclohexane
2-bromobutane
2-chlorobutane
1-chlorobutane
2-chloro-2-methylpropane
1 Answer
Apr 15, 2018
Let's look at the laundry list you've collected in a better format,
Every substrate you listed could generally undergoes a bimolecular nucleophilic substitution reaction, except
Moreover, the primary alkyl halides would undergo SN2, the secondary alkyl halides could undergo either SN1 or SN2 (esp. dependent on the other conditions), and the tertiary alkyl halide