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Title: Which will react faster?
Post by: globy123 on November 02, 2008, 07:12:34 PM

Should 2-chlorobutane or 2-bromobutane react faster in an Sn1 reaction (substitution, nucleophilic, unimolecular in the rate determining step)? Explain your reasoning please.