Alkyl Halides Archives - Common Sense Organic Chemistry

Hydrocarbon molecules that possess one or more of the group VII elements or halogens as substituents.

05AprApril 5, 2016

SN2 & SN1, E2 & E1: The Simplest Method

SN2/SN1 E2/E1: The Simplest Method Identifying Classes of Substitution and Elimination You are in Organic 1 and are learning about alkyl halides. These substrates have sp3 carbons bearing good leaving groups. Your job is to get these off of the molecule in the correct way. You can therefore 1) replace the leaving group and substitute it...

By Jack RyanAlkyl Halides, Elimination, Reaction Mechanism, SubstitutionAlcohols, Alkenes, alkyl halides, E1, E2, ethers, leaving groups, pseudo halides, rate laws, SN1, SN2, solvent0 Comments

SN2 & SN1, E2 & E1. A Simpler Method (Part II)

The Zen of SN2 & SN1, E2 & E1. (Part II) How to Crush Substitution and Elimination With Total Confidence If determining what you should do has you guessing or stumped you completely—you may laugh...or possibly cry...when you realize how simple all of this is: You are normally given an alkyl halide (R-X) which is an electrophile...

By Jack RyanAlcohols, Alkenes, Alkyl Halides, Ethersbimolecular, E2 E1, Elimination, SN2 SN1, substitution reaction, unimolecular0 Comments