That is definitely part of the picture. The protic solvent definitely stabilizes the negatively charged leaving group once it has departed, so the nucleophile can now attack the carbocation intermediate.
So since the leaving group stays dissolved in the protic solvent, is that what allows the nucleophile to attack the carbocation? Without interference from an unstable leaving group?
How come the products are higher in energy than the reactants if the overall reaction is product favorable? This was certainly not the case in the energy diagram of the effect of solvent on the Sn2 reaction. Your lectures are bomb btw :)
it's because in this reaction the product is charged while reactants are neutral; so the product has higher energy in the diagram. the reaction is in equilibrium too so that it's happening in both ways
That is definitely part of the picture. The protic solvent definitely stabilizes the negatively charged leaving group once it has departed, so the nucleophile can now attack the carbocation intermediate.
So since the leaving group stays dissolved in the protic solvent, is that what allows the nucleophile to attack the carbocation? Without interference from an unstable leaving group?
Hell yeah. You explain very well. What state are you from, man?
how come iodine we use iodine in water when SN1 reaction needs a weak nucleophile
thank you sosososo much!
How come the products are higher in energy than the reactants if the overall reaction is product favorable? This was certainly not the case in the energy diagram of the effect of solvent on the Sn2 reaction. Your lectures are bomb btw :)
it's because in this reaction the product is charged while reactants are neutral; so the product has higher energy in the diagram. the reaction is in equilibrium too so that it's happening in both ways