Question

Organic substitution question !

Answer 1

Chloroethane reacts with hydroxde ions

Answer 2

how would a structural diagram look like?

Answer 3

By looking at the substrate in chloroethane, what kind of substitution reaction is this? SN1 or SN2?

Answer 4

@IloveHW what do you think about what @Zela101 said?

Answer 5

kinda confused

Answer 6

what's confusing you?

Answer 7

what does he mean by sn1 and sn2

Answer 8

ah so you're not familiar with those reactions. okay i'll explain them. what about a nucleophile and electrophile do you know what those are?

Answer 9

no

Answer 10

Look at the picture below: a nucleophile is something that loves giving up its electrons and an electrophile is something that needs electrons.

Answer 11

So the point of this is:

Nucleophile will donate electrons
Electrophile will accept electrons

follow?

Answer 12

@IloveHW based on what I said so far does this make sense?

Answer 13

ok yea

Answer 14

now let me ask you a question

Answer 15

in the figure below which compound would be a nucleophile and which would be an electrophile and how do you know?

Answer 16

@IloveHW

Answer 17

yes here

Answer 18

lets do some work

Answer 19

so yeah try to read what I wrote so far and if you have any questions please ask me

Answer 20

I dont know the meaning of poly monoer and polyftayion

Answer 21

Poly = many (monomer) i think means unit

so polymer is many units

a monomer is a single unit , mono = one

so polymerization means the formation of a polymer, a molecule with many repeating units.