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Nucleophilic Substitution Mechanisms: Stereochemistry, Kinetics, and Structural Influences

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This course analyzes the SN2 nucleophilic substitution mechanism by comparing possible pathways and applying stereochemistry, rate laws, and rate-constant changes to experimental evidence. It focuses on substrate structure, nucleophiles, and leaving groups.

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- Chapter 1. "Proving" a Mechanism by Imagining and Disproving All the Alternatives
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- Chapter 2. Kenyon and Phillips Pinpoint Backside Attack in Nucleophilic Substitution
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- Chapter 3. Using Kinetics to Study Mechanisms -- Rate Law
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- Chapter 4. Rate Constant -- the Influence of Substrate Structure
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- Chapter 5. Rate Constant -- the Influence of Nucleophile and Leaving Group
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