Choosing between SN1 and SN2
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Choosing between SN1 and SN2Questions
- What factors determine whether an alkyl halide will undergo an SN1 or an SN2 reaction?
- What factors affect SN2 reactions?
- Are SN1 reactions faster in polar solvents?
- How are SN1 and SN2 reactions different?
- How can I determine SN2 or SN1?
- Are SN1 reactions faster than SN2?
- Why do solvents with low dielectric constants favor SN2 reactions?
- Why do polar protic solvents have little effect upon SN2 reactions?
- Does the solvent determine whether an alkyl halide will undergo an SN1 or an SN2 reaction?
- Why do primary alkyl halides generally undergo SN2 mechanisms?
- Why do only compounds that yield tertiary carbocations (or resonance‐stabilized carbocations) undergo SN1?
- Does water favor SN1 or SN2 reactions?
- Consider the reaction of #(CH_3)_3CO^-# with iodomethane. Will the reaction rate increase, decrease, or remain the same if the concentration of iodomethane is increased?
- Which of the following compounds will undergo an Sn2 reaction most readily: # (CH_3)_3C CH_2I# or #(CH_3)_2CHI#?
- What is the difference between a sn1 and sn2 reaction?
- Why are there #"S"_N1# and #"S"_N2# reactions?
- What determines whether a reaction is classified as sn1 or sn2?
- How do you tell #"S"_"N"1# and #"S"_"N"2# reactions apart?
- How do you predict whether a reaction will undergo sn1 or sn2?
- How do you determine if a reaction will be #"S"_N1# or #"S"_N2#?
- What conditions are present to determine whether a reaction will be sn1 or sn2?
- How do sn1 reactions differ from sn2 reactions?
- What is the reason for these compounds to undergo Sn1 or Sn2 or both mechanisms?
- Is an electrophilic aromatic substitution SN1 or SN2?