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Offline Mmm1233

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SN1/SN2 mechanisms
« on: October 24, 2019, 11:17:11 AM »
Why does the P-methoxybezyl chloride follow SN1 reaction mechanism with methanol while P-nitrobezyl bromide follows SN2 reaction mechanism?
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Offline rolnor

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Re: SN1/SN2 mechanisms
« Reply #1 on: October 24, 2019, 11:44:16 AM »
Can you draw the cation intermediat for p-methoxybenzyl bromide reaction? Can you draw a similar resonance stabilized cation for the p-nitrobenzyl bromide?
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Re: SN1/SN2 mechanisms
« Reply #2 on: October 24, 2019, 11:58:15 AM »
Think about the influence of the substituents on the cation. 
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