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What is the stereochemical outcome of the S_N2 reaction?

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What is the stereochemical outcome of the S_N2 reaction?
  1. Retention of configuration
  2. Inversion of configuration
  3. Racemization
  4. No stereochemical change

Questions & Step-by-Step Solutions

What is the stereochemical outcome of the S_N2 reaction?
  • Step 1: Understand that S_N2 is a type of chemical reaction where one group is replaced by another group on a carbon atom.
  • Step 2: Identify the carbon atom that is being substituted in the reaction.
  • Step 3: Recognize that the incoming group approaches the carbon atom from the opposite side of the leaving group.
  • Step 4: Visualize the process: as the new group attaches, the old group leaves, causing the arrangement of atoms around the carbon to flip.
  • Step 5: Conclude that this flipping of arrangement is called 'inversion of configuration'.
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