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Stereochemistry in Substitution Reactions
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Stereochemistry in Substitution Reactions
Stereochemistry only needs to be considered when a chiral product is formed. This is usually a consideration when considering secondary carbon electrophiles.
- the SN2 reaction makes one product with inversion of stereochemistry
- the SN1 reaction makes two (or more) products in a racemic mixture (a 50/50 distribution of enantiomers)