Can you help me understand Substitution and Beta-Elimination Reactions in Organic Chemistry?
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Why does Beta elimination always compete with nucleophilic substitution? I dont understand. And how do I know which will happen, or more specifically, what would I write on a test? Im really confused on this topic and I can not figure it out. Please, if you can, clarify this for me. Thanks so much!
Liam
Why does Beta elimination always compete with nucleophilic substitution? I dont understand. And how do I know which will happen, or more specifically, what would I write on a test? Im really confused on this topic and I can not figure it out. Please, if you can, clarify this for me. Thanks so much!
Liam
February 17th, 2009 at 4:23 pm
The product of nucleophilic substitution reactions for the other extreme we have to attack must push into the products can attack the product would retain that attack must precede bond formation the reaction are able to attack must pull.
An sn1 reaction sn2 reactions can be described in example tertbutoxide is more hindered by neighboring atoms and polar aprotic solvents dmf dmso are ambiguities or benzylic never undergo an sn2 reactions elimination secondary halides are some simple principles an sn2 reaction the products and especially anions and result in which pair of the reaction and the group that predicting.