How can you easily differentiate between these reactions?
a. Electrophilic substitution
b. Electrophilic addition
c. nucleophilic substitution
d. nucleophilic addition
a. Electrophilic substitution
b. Electrophilic addition
c. nucleophilic substitution
d. nucleophilic addition
1 Answer
Apr 11, 2017
Look at the reactants and the products
Explanation:
a. Electrophilic substitution - will involve a positive charge seeking reactant, that replaces a group on your organic compound
b. Electrophilic addition - will involve a positive charge seeking reactant, that adds onto your organic compound
c. Nucleophilic substitution - will involve a negative charge seeking reactant, that replaces a functional group on your organic compound
d. Nucleophilic addition - will involve a negative charge seeking reactant, that adds onto your organic compound