Chirality
Energy Diagrams
Sn1
Sn2
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Chirality is
What is a property of asymmetry
100
This determines the rate of a reaction
What is the activation energy
100
An Sn1 reaction prefers what kind of Alkyl halide
What is a tertiary alkyl halide
100
An Sn2 reaction prefers what kind of alkyl halide
What is a methyl or primary alkyl halide
100
This is the number of arrows needed to show homolytic bond cleavage
What is two arrows
200
This is what kind of compound
What is a meso compound
200
This is the relationship between Delta G and Keq for an exothermic reaction
What is Keq >1, ΔG is negative Products favored
200
An Sn1 reaction prefers what kind of nucleophile
what is a weak nucleophile
200
An Sn2 reaction is this order
What is Second order
200
A combination of two enantiomers that will not rotate plane polarized light
What is a racemic mixture
300
A meso compound is
What is a molecule having stereogenic centers but is achiral
300
This is the temporary molecule formed in an Sn1 reaction
What is an intermediate
300
This is the intermediate an Sn1 reaction goes through in the RDS
what is a carbocation
300
An Sn2 Reaction prefers this kind of nucleophile
What is a strong nucleophile
300
this is the kind of reaction in which mass is added to the reactant but none is removed
What is an Addition reaction
400
The qualification of a stereogenic center is
What is four different groups bonded to the central carbon
400
This is the difference in Delta G every tenfold difference in Keq
What is 6kJ/mol
400
These are the options for the geometry of the Sn1 product
What is inversion or retention
400
This occurs to the geometry of the product
What is inversion
400
This type of reaction occurs in only one step
What is a concerted reaction
500
These are the properties that enantiomers share
What is chemical and physical properties
500
This is the molecule that can lower the activation energy
What is a catalyst
500
This is the preferred solvent of an Sn1 reaction
What is a polar protic solvent
500
This is the main weakness of SN2 reactions
What is steric hinderance
500
This is how we differentiate Sn1 and Sn2 reactions when we have a secondary carbon
What is nucleophilic strength