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Chapter 11: Q57a (page 350)

Question: Order each of the following sets of compounds with respect to reactivity:

a.

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01

SN2 reaction

It is a nucleophilic substitution reaction in which old bond is break and new bond is formed both the process occur simultaneously. Hence, it’s a single step reaction.

The two reacting species are involved in the rate determining steps.

02

Reactivity towards SN2 reaction

As the reaction is single step reaction so, no intermediate is formed andSN2 occur fast with primary alkane than secondary alkane.

SN2 occur fast with those reacting species which have best leaving group

So,

Reactivity order

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Organic solvents like benzene, ether, and chloroform are neither protic nor strongly polar. What effect would you expect these solvents to have on the reactivity of a nucleophile in SN2 reactions?

Which reaction in each of the following pairs would you expect to be faster?

(d) Thedisplacement byon bromomethane in benzene or in acetonitrile

Question:What products would you expect from the reaction of 1-bromopropane with each of the following?

(b) KOC(CH3)

Question: Predict the product and give the stereochemistry resulting from reaction of each of the following nucleophiles with (R)-2-bromooctane:

a) CN-

SN2 reactions take place with inversion of configuration, andSN1 reactions take place with racemization. The following substitution reaction, however, occurs with complete retention of configuration. Propose a mechanism.

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