Question

For the following SN2 reaction, draw the organic and inorganic products of the reaction, and identify the nucleophile, substrate, and leaving group. Select the state the nucleophile, substrate, and leaving group. launch text for screen reader is the substrate, NH2- is the nucleophile, and I- is the leaving group. NH2- is the substrate, CH3I is the nucleophile, and I- is the leaving group. I- is the substrate, NH2- is the nucleophile, and CH3I is the leaving group.

Answer 1

Concepts and reason

This problem is based on the bimolecular nucleophilic substitution ${{\rm{S}}_{\rm{N}}}2$ mechanism of alkyl halide.

The ${{\rm{S}}_{\rm{N}}}2$ mechanism involves the inversion of configuration as the attack of nucleophile on sp³ hybridized carbon of alkyl halide and removal of leaving group occurs simultaneously in a single step.

Fundamentals

In a ${{\rm{S}}_{\rm{N}}}2$ mechanism, the reaction proceeds through a five-membered transition stage, which has partial attachment of nucleophile (Nu^-) and partial detachment of leaving group X^-.

The reaction is given below:

The mechanism is given below:

Ans:

Structures of products of the reaction are given below:

The selection for nucleophile, substrate and leaving group is given below: