Which route will be taken
up depends upon the nature of alkyl halide, strength and size of base/nucleophile and
reaction conditions Thus, a bulkier nucleophile will prefer to act as a base and abstracts
a proton rather than approach a tetravalent carbon atom (steric reasons) and vice versa Similarly, a primary alkyl halide will prefer a SN2 reaction, a secondary halide- SN2 or
elimination depending upon the strength of base/nucleophile and a tertiary halide- SN1 or
elimination depending upon the stability of carbocation or the more substituted alkene Elimination versus substitution
Elimination versus substitution
Elimination versus substitution
Elimination versus substitution
Elimination versus substitution
Rationalised 2023-24
181 Haloalkanes and Haloarenes
Victor Grignard had a strange start in academic life for a chemist - he
took a maths degree