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Why bromoacetone is more reactive towards SN2 than alkyl bromides? [duplicate]
Compare the rates towards SN2 reaction:
I got the point that 2-bromobutane d is a secondary halide, so the steric hinderance is highest making it least reactive among the four. Both b and c are ...
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Reactivity of primary and tertiary alkyl halides
From USNCO 2004, Q58:
The reaction between which pair of reactants occurs the fastest for $[\ce{OH-}] = \pu{0.010 M}$?
(A) $\ce{CH3CH2CH2CH2Cl + OH-}$
(B) $\ce{(CH3)3CCl + OH-}$
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Why is the reactivity of primary alkyl halides with nucleophiles (SN2 mechanism) greater than secondary and tertiary alkyl halides?
For the reaction between alkyl halide and a nucleophile, following the SN2 mechanism, the reactivity of alkyl halides is in the order: primary halide > secondary halide > tertiary halide.
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