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Offline johngiml

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Question about Sn2 Reaction
« on: April 03, 2016, 08:47:32 PM »
Hi,
I am working on the attached Sn2 reaction question (Q5.6).
And I am a bit lost here.
My assumption was that only iodine needed to be replaced with the nucleophile, and use the umbrella flip technique.
However, the answer key suggests that I need to replace the whole carbon chain that contains iodine.
Just wondering how this can happen, and how I can tackle this kind of question.
Hope you guys are having a fantastic weekend. :)
Thank you for reading this. :)
« Last Edit: April 03, 2016, 09:54:39 PM by johngiml »
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Offline critzz

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Re: Question about Sn2 Reaction
« Reply #1 on: April 03, 2016, 10:25:18 PM »
Could you upload a picture of the answer key?
As far as I'm concerned your drawn answer is correct.
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Re: Question about Sn2 Reaction
« Reply #2 on: April 03, 2016, 10:53:27 PM »
Thank you for your response.
Here is the answer key. :)
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Re: Question about Sn2 Reaction
« Reply #3 on: April 04, 2016, 02:40:23 AM »
The answer key is wrong.
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