Lecture Notes on SN2 Reactions


 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 


Nucleophilicity increases with increasing basicity


 
The greater the degree of solvation, the lower the nucleophilicity
 
The greater the polarizability, the greater the nucleophilicity






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