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Offline Bassel

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SN1
« on: December 06, 2013, 09:26:14 PM »
since it is an SN1 I first thought to look at the stabilities of the carbocat ions. since the are the same and there is no shifting I looked at the steric effect so i think that cpd A is the one reacting faster because it has less steric effect. is that true ? is it the right way of thinking in like these questions?

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Re: SN1
« Reply #1 on: December 06, 2013, 09:37:22 PM »
I think the compound with higher energy, higher strain, will react faster.
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Re: SN1
« Reply #2 on: December 07, 2013, 06:16:08 PM »
Yep, I think so too.

The best way to figure it out is to construct the chair conformation of A and B and see which one is less stable by looking at the axial position of Br. 

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Re: SN1
« Reply #3 on: December 09, 2013, 09:01:16 PM »
Yep, I think so too.

The best way to figure it out is to construct the chair conformation of A and B and see which one is less stable by looking at the axial position of Br.
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