Nucleophilic substitution

nucleophile
1. are reagents that attack and form bonds with electron deficient carbons
2. usually a negatively charged ion
3. or a partially negative atom
4. has a lone pair of electrons
  1. used to make a covalent bond
5. common nucleophiles
  1. :OH-
  2. :NH3
  3. :CN-
rules
1. curly arrow
2. goes from electrons to +
3. goes from bond to atom
4. rate of reaction
  1. increases as you go down the group
    1. as bond strength decreases
for the hydroxide ion, :OH-
1. take place at room temperature
2. called a hydrolysis reaction
3. add ethanol
4. an alcohol is formed
with cyanide ions, :CN-
1. you get a nitrile
2. has one extra carbon
with ammonia, :NH3
1. used with excess conc solution of ammonia in ethanol
2. carried out under pressure
3. produces a primary amine, RNH2
4. H's have +
5. N has a -
6. add 2 NH3's
7. end up with NH4X
8. one of the H's becomes +
uses of nucleophilic substitution
1. primary amine
  1. secondary amine
    1. tertiary amine
2. alcohol
  1. aldehyde
    1. carboxylic acid
3. nitriile
  1. primary amine
  2. carboxylic acid

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	Created by jasmin.sahota about 11 years ago