Tuesday, April 23, 2019

organic chemistry - Why do polarizable nucleophiles favor SN2 over E2?


Weakly basic ions and polarizable bases favor SN2 over E2. Why? The argument used that polarizable nucleophiles form bonds earlier, stabilizing the transition state, can be applied to either SN2 or E2.




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