Lecture 17 objectives and skills
- Understand the differences between electrophilic, radical, and nucleophilic substitution reactions.
- Draw the mechanistic steps for SN1 and SN2 reactions.
- Understand/interpret/draw reaction coordinate diagrams.
- Use orbitals to explain the mechanism/stereochemistry in SN reactions.
- Know the “Key Features” of SN1 and SN2 reactions.
- Explain substrate preferences for SN1 vs SN2.
- Predict the product(s) of SN1 and SN2 reactions.
- Combine all known reactions to solve synthesis problems.
Skills
- Critical assessment using abstract concepts
- Outcome predictions
- Comparisons of fine details
- Building knowledge libraries
