Organic Chemistry
Improve your experience by picking them
Why does the following reaction still occur via an SN2 reaction even though run under standard solvolysis conditions?
The solvent methanol (CH3OH) stabilizes the transition state better than other solvents.
The leaving group is attached to a primary carbon, which has less steric hindrance.
The reaction proceeds faster due to the increased acidity of the methanol solvent.
The nucleophile is more likely to form a stable intermediate with the primary carbon before displacement of the leaving group.