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    nucleophilic substitution (SN2) is a type of reaction mechanism that is common in organic chemistry. In the SN2 reaction, a strong nucleophile forms...
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  • simultaneously (i.e. a concerted reaction). SN2 occurs when the central carbon atom is easily accessible to the nucleophile. In SN2 reactions, there are a few conditions...
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  • and secondary alkyl halides, the alternative SN2 reaction occurs. In inorganic chemistry, the SN1 reaction is often known as the dissociative substitution...
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  • Pericyclic reactions, the SN2 reaction, and some rearrangements - such as the Claisen rearrangement - are concerted reactions. The rate of the SN2 reaction is...
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    SN2, only alkene formation by E2 elimination is observed. Thus, elimination by E2 limits the scope of the Williamson ether synthesis (an SN2 reaction)...
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    which is called the Klaui ligand. The Michaelis–Arbuzov reaction is initiated with the SN2 attack of the nucleophilic phosphorus species (1 - A phosphite)...
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  • nucleophilic substitution (SN2). The two reactions are named according tho their rate law, with SN1 having a first-order rate law, and SN2 having a second-order...
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    Finkelstein reaction, named after the German chemist Hans Finkelstein, is a type of SN2 reaction (Substitution Nucleophilic Bimolecular reaction) that involves...
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    Nucleophilic aromatic substitution (category Reaction mechanisms)
    This reaction differs from a common SN2 reaction, because it happens at a trigonal carbon atom (sp2 hybridization). The mechanism of SN2 reaction does...
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    steps are similar to a base-catalyzed aldol reaction. The oxygen anion in this aldol-like product then SN2 attacks on the formerly-nucleophilic halide-bearing...
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    Walden inversion (category Reaction mechanisms)
    molecule from one enantiomeric form to the other. For example, in an SN2 reaction, Walden inversion occurs at a tetrahedral carbon atom. It can be visualized...
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  • Solvent effects (category Reaction mechanisms)
    for SN2 reactions is quite different, as the lack of solvation on the nucleophile increases the rate of an SN2 reaction. In either case (SN1 or SN2), the...
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  • + RX → R−R + MX The process resembles an SN2 reaction, but the mechanism is probably complex. The reaction is intolerant of many functional groups which...
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    Williamson ether synthesis (category Coupling reactions)
    1850. Typically it involves the reaction of an alkoxide ion with a primary alkyl halide via an SN2 reaction. This reaction is important in the history of...
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  • (6) and +13.36 (0.81) for reaction with the enamine 7. The range of organic reactions also include SN2 reactions: With E = −9.15 for the S-methyldibenzothiophenium...
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    SNi (redirect from SNi reaction)
    two successive SN2 reactions take place and the stereochemistry is again retention. With standard SN1 reaction conditions the reaction outcome is retention...
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  • by David Yarrow Curtin and Louis Plack Hammett. It states that, for a reaction that has a pair of reactive intermediates or reactants that interconvert...
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    mechanisms, SN1 and SN2. In their names, S stands for substitution, N for nucleophilic, and the number represents the kinetic order of the reaction, unimolecular...
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  • with iodine, then subsequent cyclization to a tetrahydrofuran by an SN2 reaction. The second example results in a chain elongation product with the oxime...
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  • Arrow pushing (category Reaction mechanisms)
    double-dagger). The rates of SN2 reactions are dependent on the concentration of the haloalkane and the nucleophile. Because an SN2 reaction proceeds with the substitution...
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  • Allylic rearrangement (category Reaction mechanisms)
    monomolecular mechanisms (respectively the SN2' and SN1'/SNi' substitutions). Allylic shifts become the dominant reaction pathway when there is substantial resistance...
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    substitution (SN2) reactions are concerted reactions where both the nucleophile and substrate are involved in the rate limiting step. Since this reaction is concerted...
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  • In chemistry, a reaction mechanism is the step by step sequence of elementary reactions by which overall chemical reaction occurs. A chemical mechanism...
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    degrade in alkaline environments by Hofmann degradation, SN2 reaction, or ring-opening reaction, especially at high temperatures and pH. Polymeric AEM backbones...
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    The reaction rate or rate of reaction is the speed at which a chemical reaction takes place, defined as proportional to the increase in the concentration...
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    "Depiction of SN2 Reaction" figure, the nucleophile forms a new bond to the carbon, while the halide (L) bond is broken. An E1 reaction consists of a...
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    They react with alkyl halides to form esters. The following reaction shows the reaction mechanism.: 398–9  The nucleophilicity of carboxylate ions is...
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  • solvent with a high boiling point. It facilitates reactions that follow polar mechanisms, such as SN2 reactions. As for most amides, the spectroscopic evidence...
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  • acetate, thus forming an iodinium ion (3). The iodinium ion is opened via SN2 reaction by acetic acid (or silver acetate) to give the first intermediate, the...
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    this reaction coordinate. It is often marked with the double dagger (‡) symbol. As an example, the transition state shown below occurs during the SN2 reaction...
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