SN1
SN2
E1
E2
General Info
100

What solvent is SN1 fastest in?

What is a polar protic solvent. 

100

What solvent is SN2 fastest in? 

What is a polar aprotic solvent.

100

Is a E1 reaction faster with a good or poor leaving group?

What is a good leaving group.


100

What is dehydrohalogenation?

What is the loss of a Hydrogen and a Halogen.

100

When a reagent can act as a nucleophile or a base, what two mechanisms will compete?

What is elimination and substitution. 

200

What is the Rate law for an SN1 Reaction?

What is Rate=k[substrate]

200

What is the rate law for an SN2 reaction?

What is  Rate=k [Nucleophile] [Substrate]

200

An E1 reaction will always produce the most stable alkene as the Major product. This is known as the -----product. 

What is the Zaitsev Product.

200

What position must the leaving group be in in a chair conformation for an E2 reaction to occur?

What is the Axial position.

200

Will a strong or weak nucleophile have a faster reaction rate?

What is a strong nucleophile.

300

What type of alkyl halides will undergo solvolysis if rearrangement to a more stable carbocation is possible?

What is Primary or secondary?

300

What happens to the stereochemistry of a molecule during a SN2 mechanism?

What is an inversion of stereochemistry.

300

What is the first step in an E1 reaction?

What is the loss of a leaving group.

300

Does the Zaitsev or Hofmann product prefer a bulky base?

What is the Hofmann product

300

Is a Trans or Cis configuration more stable?

What is a Trans conformation.

400

Is SN1 a step-wise or concerted mechanism?

What is a step-wise reaction.

400

What arrangement of an electrophilic substrate reacts most readily under SN2 conditions?

What is a Methyl arrangement

400

If a reaction produces 2 or more products, is it stereoselective or stereospecific?

What is stereoselective.
400

Rotate this molecule to be anti-periplanar 

What is... (right) 

400

Does Cis or Trans configuration have a higher heat of combustion?

What is the Trans configuration?

500

When an alpha carbon in a SN1 reaction is chiral, how many products will form and what will their configuration be?

What is two products form, one will be inverse and one will be retention

500

Draw the products if this SN2 mechanism

What is ... 

500

What is the rate determining step in an E1 mechanism?

What is formation of a carbocation.

500

What is regioselectivity?

What is constitutional isomers formed as products of a reaction
500

What is the systematic name of this compound?

What is (R)-2-bromobutane

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