Question

These reactions may have unexpected stereochemistry due to nearby lone pairs undergoing one of these reactions intramolecularly before a second one of these reactions occurs in a classic case of neighboring group participation. A pentacoordinate (*) transition state simultaneously forms and breaks a bond in a concerted (“con-SIR-ted”) reaction of this type that produces an inversion of (10[1])stereochemistry (10[1])through a backside attack. Depending on solvent and nucleophile, (10[1])these reactions may compete with eliminations. (10[2])SN2 (10[1])(“S-N-2”) and SN1 are nucleophilic mechanisms (10[1])of, for 10 points, what class of reactions in which a functional group is replaced by another functional group? ■END■ (10[1])

ANSWER: substitution reaction [accept SN2 reaction until “SN2”; prompt on single displacement reaction]
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PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Samarth RamChicago BSIUE B5410
Neal JoshiWUSTLChicago C5510
Braden BoothMissouriMichigan A6410
Shourjo GanguliOhio State AChicago D7010
Matthew WestleyPurdue COhio State C7010
Matt SchiavonePurdue BSIUE A7110
Robert CondronChicago AMichigan B7610
Eylon CaplanPurdue AOhio State B9610

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