An introduction to elimination reaction mechanisms Part 2

In this tutorial we look at the E2 elimination and the competition it has with the SN2 substitution reaction. During the course of the tutorial we see how the orientation about H-C-C-X torsion angle plays a critical role in the E2 process, giving rise to the necessity of that torsion angle needing to be anti-periplanar.

This is a multi-part tutorial. The previous part covered the E1 mechanism and the following parts cover the Ei and E1cb elimination mechanisms, giving examples of where they are found in organic synthesis.

[ngawonke]

wow have only one word for these vid, they are awesome, i am a university student and trust me, i am gonna nail organic you were my pharmacology lecturer, keep it up.

[blueeddie]

love your videos. itd be great to have you as a teacher!

[chemtubeuk]

Thanks. I'll keep adding and improving the videos but if there are any that you would particular like to see then just let me know.

[chemtubeuk]

Hi Socrates, I certainly can do some videos on MO and MLCT theory. I've been meaning to do some crystal field and ligand field theory videos as well for a while so I'll do a few videos on this. Keep a look out for them...

[Anthraxerful]

Any videos about MO theory? In particular something related to organometallic complexes, MLCT, etc... It would be greatly appreciated. Thanks