Question

How will the reaction rate of the SN1 reaction change if the electrophile is switched from the tertiary electrophile to a secondary electrophile in which the methyl group is removed from the alpha carbon

Answer 1

The reaction rate of the SN1 reaction change if the electrophile is switched from the tertiary electrophile to a secondary electrophile will decrease.

SN1 exhibits substitution, nucleophilicity, and monomolecular reaction, and is expressed by the expression rate = k [R-LG]. This means that the rate-determining step of the mechanism depends on the degradation of a single molecular species. Multi-step reactions include intermediates and multiple transition states (TS).

The SN1 reaction is a nucleophilic substitution reaction in which the nucleophile replaces the leaving group (similar to SN2). However, the SN1 reaction is a single molecule. The rate of this reaction depends on the concentration of only one reactant.

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