Fill in the blank. Please choose from the following terms - copy+paste the correct term into the blank (don't alter the spelling). primary, secondary, tertiary, inversion, retention, nucleophile, base, regioselective, stereoselective, Zaitsev, Hoffman, E1, E2, antiperiplana trans, cis, polar aprotic, polar protic, racemic mixture SN2 reactions proceed via inversion of configuration, because the can only attack from the backside.

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Fill in the blank. Please choose from the following terms - copy+paste the correct term into the blank (don't alter the spelling).
primary, secondary, tertiary, inversion, retention, nucleophile, base, regioselective, stereoselective, Zaitsev, Hoffman, E1, E2, antiperiplana
trans, cis, polar aprotic, polar protic, racemic mixture
SN2 reactions proceed via inversion of configuration, because the
can only attack from the backside.
Transcribed Image Text:Fill in the blank. Please choose from the following terms - copy+paste the correct term into the blank (don't alter the spelling). primary, secondary, tertiary, inversion, retention, nucleophile, base, regioselective, stereoselective, Zaitsev, Hoffman, E1, E2, antiperiplana trans, cis, polar aprotic, polar protic, racemic mixture SN2 reactions proceed via inversion of configuration, because the can only attack from the backside.
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SN2 reaction - Those reaction whose rate depends upon nucleophile as well as substrate 

Nucleophile - Species which can donate a pair of electron and can form bond 

e. g

OH-,Br- etc

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