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Offline pesona3f

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SN1/E1 or SN2/E2
« on: April 21, 2009, 12:16:40 PM »
how can we determine between sn1 and e1 or sn2 and e2, i realize that in e2 we use strong base while in sn2 is good nucleophile, is not molecule such as OH is a stong base as well a good nucleophile??

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Re: SN1/E1 or SN2/E2
« Reply #1 on: April 21, 2009, 12:19:45 PM »
Knowing why you got a question wrong is better than knowing that you got a question right.

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