How do you rank SN1 reaction rates?
1 Answer
Apr 16, 2018
Concentration of substrate
Explanation:
In a Sn1 reaction the reaction rate does only depend on the concentration of the substrate.
If we for instance have a reaction where we use Br, with a chain on R, reacting with water, we would get the following reaction:
There we have a substrate (as mentioned) which is Br, and a nucleophile "attacking" which is water
The rate of the reaction is then described as following:
For Sn2 reactions the reaction rate would depend on both the substrate and the nucleophile.
