Nucleophilic Substitution Reactions

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Nucleophilic substitution reactions can be defined as reactions in which one nucleophile replaces another attached to a saturated carbon atom. A SN2 reaction occurs as a one step process also referred to as a second order due to its rate and is favored by 1°. For these reactions the intermediate is called pentavalent carbon because although there should never be more than four bonds on carbon, the nucleophile attacks as the same time the leaving group makes its way out causing the intermediate to have a broken bond with the leaving group while it forms a bond with the nucleophile. This is a bimolecular reaction, making the rate of a SN2 reaction dependent on the concentration of both the nucleophile and the substrate. The NaI acetone is a polar

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