Question

Relative rate of SN1 reaction when 40%
water + 60% ethanol as a solvent​

Answer 1

Answer:

In our discussion of chemical kinetics we described two alternative reaction profiles that are typical of nucleophilic aliphatic substitution reactions. They are reiterated in Figure 1. The profile in the left-hand panel is typical of nucleophilic aliphatic substitution reactions that proceed by a concerted, 1-step process, i.e. by an Sn2 mechansim. We are now going to look at a group of nucleophilic aliphatic substitution reactions that proceed by a non-concerted, 2-step process.