Re: tojc: today's lecture

casmiedm@plu.edu
Mon, 02 Dec 1996 12:45:04 -0800 (PST)

Julie,
Dr. Fryhle said that the one attached alkyl group to the primary
alcohol presents a small amount of steric hinderence to the attacking
nucleophile. Since there are no attached alkyl groups attached to the
methyl alcohol, the reaction will occur at a faster rate. Hope you can get
this into your notes now.
Dan Casmier
casmiedm@plu.edu

On Mon, 2 Dec 1996 slaughjm@plu.edu wrote:

> During today's lecture (Mon) Dr. Fryhle said that during a reaction
> between an alcohol and an alkyl halide the Sn2 mechanism proceeds with
> primary and methyl alcohols. He added that the methyl is faster than the
> primary. He explained why but I did not write fast enough to get his
> explanation. Can anyone explain?
> Thanks,
> Julie M. Slaughter
>
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