Organic Chemistry Playlist Online Video Tutorial Course

SN2 Reaction Mechanism – Examples & Practice Problems – Stereochemistry

This organic chemistry video tutorial provides a series of sn2 reaction mechanism examples and plenty of practice problems including the cyclohexane chair conformation and stereochemistry. Reagents include NaI with acetone, NaOH and H2O, CH3OH, -OCH3, NaCN and DMF, NaSCH3 and HMPA, pyridine, NH3, tert-butoxide t-buOK or (CH3)3CO-, NaSCH2CH3, EtOH, NaN3, and KF with a crown ether. Substrates include 2-bromobutane, butyl chloride or 1-chlorobutane, butyl iodide or 1-iodobutane, butyl bromide or 1-bromobutane, chlorocyclopentane, methyl iodide CH3I, methyl bromide CH3-Br, chlorocyclohexane – chair conformation, 1-bromo-2-butene or an allyl bromide, fischer projection of 2-bromobutane.