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The rate of an S N 2 reaction is second order, as the rate-determining step depends on the nucleophile concentration, [Nu −] as well as the concentration of substrate, [RX]. [1] r = k[RX][Nu −] This is a key difference between the S N 1 and S N 2 mechanisms.
In chemistry, a reaction mechanism is the step by step sequence of elementary reactions by which overall chemical reaction occurs. [1]A chemical mechanism is a theoretical conjecture that tries to describe in detail what takes place at each stage of an overall chemical reaction.
It is also due to this carbocation intermediate that the product does not have to have inversion. The nucleophile can attack from the top or the bottom and therefore create a racemic product. It is important to use a protic solvent, water and alcohols, since an aprotic solvent could attack the intermediate and cause unwanted product.
For magnesium, [Mg(H 2 O) 6] 2+ is also a well-characterized species, with an octahedral MgO 6 core. [29] The situation for calcium is more complicated. Neutron diffraction data gave a solvation number for calcium chloride, CaCl 2, which is strongly dependent on concentration: 10.0 ± 0.6 at 1 mol·dm −3, decreasing to 6.4 ± 0.3 at 2.8 mol ...
For S N 1 reactions the solvent's ability to stabilize the intermediate carbocation is of direct importance to its viability as a suitable solvent. The ability of polar solvents to increase the rate of S N 1 reactions is a result of the polar solvent's solvating the reactant intermediate species, i.e., the carbocation, thereby decreasing the ...
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[5] The postulate has also been used to predict the shape of reaction coordinate diagrams. For example, electrophilic aromatic substitution involves a distinct intermediate and two less well defined states. By measuring the effects of aromatic substituents and applying Hammond's postulate it was concluded that the rate-determining step involves ...