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Can someone explain SN1 and SN2 mechanism?

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Can someone explain SN1 and SN2 mechanism?

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Ashish Chaudhary

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8 Jul 2012 21:55:45 IST

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in short SN1 reactions involve the formation of carbocations ..and SN2 involves the transition state in which no shifting of charges as per carbocation stability concept takes place... SN2 generally takes place in case of sterically hindered species...

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9 Jul 2012 01:52:56 IST

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see its very difficult to explain every thing here......u better refer to the articles on wikipedia.....it is nicely given there with diagrams and examples....i also learned from there only....http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SN1 and http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SN2_reaction

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9 Jul 2012 01:54:25 IST

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but remember to read the whole article.....its very good....it will clear ur every concepts regarding mechanism.....

anita k

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16 Jul 2012 19:23:00 IST

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thank you!

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