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srand101
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Nitrogen is more basic than oxygen and therefore would act as a stronger base... so an Sn1 rxn would occur faster?? confused!
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more nucleophilic
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What's the rate-determining step in an Sn1 reaction?
What role does the nucleophile/Lewis base play in that step?
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