Organic Functional Groups and Reactivity · Organic Chemistry

Nucleophilic Substitution Mechanisms

Analyze the SN1 and SN2 pathways through which halogens are replaced in organic molecules.

Key Questions

  1. 1How does the structure of the carbon skeleton dictate the preferred substitution path?
  2. 2What evidence do we have for the inversion of configuration during a reaction?
  3. 3Why do polar aprotic solvents favor one mechanism over another?

CBSE Learning Outcomes

CBSE: Haloalkanes and Haloarenes - Class 12
Class: Class 12
Subject: Chemistry
Unit: Organic Functional Groups and Reactivity
Period: Organic Chemistry

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