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Offline greentalk2012

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Sn2 and Sn1 reactions
« on: January 03, 2013, 09:52:56 AM »
Hi,can you suggest me why 2-methyl-propan-2-ol  reacts with HI HBr and HCl at equal rates whereas butan-1-ol reacts with hydrogen halides in order of their reactivity?Is it because of tertiary carbocation stability??
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Re: Sn2 and Sn1 reactions
« Reply #1 on: January 03, 2013, 10:20:35 AM »
The rate for SN1 only depends on the electrophile while the rate for SN2 depends on electrophile + nucleophile.

Does 2-methyl-propan-2-ol undergo SN1 or SN2?
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Re: Sn2 and Sn1 reactions
« Reply #2 on: January 03, 2013, 10:34:08 AM »
Thanks a lot !!It really helped:)
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