Nucleophiles, Electrophiles, Leaving Groups, and the SN2 Reaction

This is it! The start of the very scary reaction mechanisms! Take it easy, chief. First we will define nucleophiles, electrophiles, and leaving groups. Then, we will examine the mechanism, transition state, and stereospecificity of the SN2 reaction. Push those electrons!

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it is not always the case that if SN2 occurs on the chiral center it will necessarily invert the steriochemistry there. Because if the incoming nucleophile has a different Cahn-Ingold-Prelog priority from the leaving group.

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