SN1 and E1 Practice Questions

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  • Опубликовано: 12 апр 2025

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  • @joshuahering2041
    @joshuahering2041 Год назад +1

    LOL I love your humor in teaching. "its as stable as it can carbocationly be" and the ITS A TRAP meme.. I will forever know not to fall for leaving groups on sp2 hybridized carbons. thank you

  • @berilalbayrak7524
    @berilalbayrak7524 Год назад +1

    you are the best chemistry channel ive ever seen thank you for all this

  • @cieloguadalupeperezolivare1905
    @cieloguadalupeperezolivare1905 3 года назад

    ¡Thank you! This quiestions is all I need. Some SNac or SeA would be great!, again, thank you for content!

  • @OrcjaEnglish
    @OrcjaEnglish 10 месяцев назад

    Do SN1 reactions show neighboring group participation?
    According to the ChatGPT , SN1 reactions generally do not show neighboring group participation. These reactions proceed via a two-step mechanism involving the formation of a carbocation intermediate. The rate-determining step is the dissociation of the leaving group, forming a carbocation, which then reacts with a nucleophile. Neighboring group participation is more commonly associated with SN2 reactions, where a neighboring group can assist in the displacement of the leaving group by stabilizing the transition state or intermediate.
    What's your opinion about it? Sir, kindly inform . Thank you!

    • @VictortheOrganicChemistryTutor
      @VictortheOrganicChemistryTutor  10 месяцев назад

      I would suggest you leave the glorified text predictor alone and read a book instead.
      Me ranting aside, the "neighboring group participation" is a bit of an umbrella term. If we're talking about the anchimeric assistance, then no, SN1 reactions don't do that. However, we can easily see the carbocation intramolecularly "trapped" by heteroatoms and interfere with the mechanism and even affect the stereoselectivity and stereospecificity.

    • @OrcjaEnglish
      @OrcjaEnglish 10 месяцев назад

      @@VictortheOrganicChemistryTutor THANK YOU, Sir.

  • @marcelinemoran5029
    @marcelinemoran5029 7 дней назад

    In question number 4 why we haven’t done rearrengment to the secondary alkyl halide ?

    • @VictortheOrganicChemistryTutor
      @VictortheOrganicChemistryTutor  7 дней назад

      Why on earth would we do that??? You're making a benzylic carbocation intermediate, this is as stable as possible of a carbocation.

    • @marcelinemoran5029
      @marcelinemoran5029 7 дней назад

      @ pardon me sir 😔🙏 and thank you for your quick response ❤️

    • @VictortheOrganicChemistryTutor
      @VictortheOrganicChemistryTutor  7 дней назад +1

      @@marcelinemoran5029 No worries and you're very welcome. I'm willing to bet many others had the same question but didn't have courage to ask.

  • @ScarletLecter9663
    @ScarletLecter9663 2 года назад

    Awesome video,very helpful,couldn't love the tricks more. Thank u!

  • @steveng724
    @steveng724 11 месяцев назад

    Hello Mr. Victor , for the first problem I would like to ask isn't E1 also a major product , sice CH3OH is a weak nuc. and weak base making Sn1 and E1 both equally feasible unless there is mention of temperature ?

    • @VictortheOrganicChemistryTutor
      @VictortheOrganicChemistryTutor  11 месяцев назад

      Generally, we're only going to indicate the high temperature, which then would favor E1 reaction. If the temperature not mentioned, the assumption is that we're working in the "lower temperature" conditions, which typically favors SN1 unless you have some factors which favor E1 like a formation of a conjugated system.

  • @OrcjaEnglish
    @OrcjaEnglish 10 месяцев назад

    Overall, a wonder revision session. Thank you, sir.

  • @miaesworthy2464
    @miaesworthy2464 4 месяца назад

    Could problem number 1 undergo an E1 reaction as well since it's the Br is a 3rd degree alkyl halide and CH3OH is a weak nucleophile and weak base? Love your videos!

    • @VictortheOrganicChemistryTutor
      @VictortheOrganicChemistryTutor  4 месяца назад +4

      E1 and SN1 are always in competition. It's nearly impossible to have one and completely avoid the other. The question here is always going to be which is the major product.

  • @OrcjaEnglish
    @OrcjaEnglish 10 месяцев назад

    I couldn't understand the 1,2-methyl shift. Sir, any tips to learn it .

    • @VictortheOrganicChemistryTutor
      @VictortheOrganicChemistryTutor  10 месяцев назад

      I have more videos on carbocations and rearrangements, you should check those out. I also have many of these tutorials written up on my website.

  • @marounxd3871
    @marounxd3871 Год назад

    can we make a ring expansion in the first reaction ?

    • @VictortheOrganicChemistryTutor
      @VictortheOrganicChemistryTutor  Год назад

      It is possible. But that would make a secondary carbocation upon expansion, so there's not much of a driving force behind that even though we're making a 6-membered ring, it's still going to be less favorable compared to keeping a 3° carbocation. But it's a possibility and will probably happen to some small extent.

  • @ScarletLecter9663
    @ScarletLecter9663 2 года назад

    In the second question, why the resonance happens?