Question

Relative rate of SN1 reaction when 20%
water + 80% ethanol as a solvent
Options
● 1
●10
● 30
●60​

Answer 1

Answer:

• The SN1 Tends To Proceed In Polar Protic Solvents. The SN2 reaction is favored by polar aprotic solvents – these are solvents such as acetone, DMSO, acetonitrile, or DMF that are polar enough to dissolve the substrate and nucleophile but do not participate in hydrogen bonding with the nucleophile