Did you know?
A single strand of DNA, if uncoiled, would be ~6 feet long — yet it fits inside a cell nucleus.
Did you know?
A single strand of DNA, if uncoiled, would be ~6 feet long — yet it fits inside a cell nucleus.
R-XNuR-NuX
General reaction for nucleophilic substitution where a nucleophile replaces the halogen in a haloalkane.
R-X
Haloalkane
Nu
Nucleophile
R-Nu
Product with nucleophile
X
Leaving halide ion
Nucleophilic substitution reactions involve the replacement of a halogen atom in a haloalkane with a nucleophile. These reactions are crucial in organic synthesis.
Used in the synthesis of alcohols, ethers, and other functional groups.
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