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Question: Predict the product and give the stereochemistry resulting from reaction of each of the following nucleophiles with (R)-2-bromooctane:
(b)
Short Answer
Answer
Step by step solution
SN2 reaction
It is a nucleophilic substitution reaction in which an old bond is broken and a new bond is formed both processes occur simultaneously. Hence, it’s a single-step reaction.
The two reacting species are involved in the rate-determining steps.
Definition of Nucleophiles and stereochemistry
Nucleophiles are the negatively charged ions or the neutral species having the lone pair of electrons that are ready for bonding.
Stereochemistry - It is a study of the arrangement of atoms in a space that form a molecule
Species react faster with 2-bromoctane
2-bromoctane is a secondary bromoalkane so the reaction proceeds with the inversion of configuration that the chirality of the carbon atom is changed as shown:
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