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substitution Vs elimination: How to decide a given nucleophile prefers substitution or acts as base for elimination? Let me know how to decide basicity order and nucleophilicity order

substitution Vs elimination: How to decide a given nucleophile prefers substitution or acts as base for elimination? Let me know how to decide basicity order and nucleophilicity order

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Devki Nandan Malav
43 Points
6 years ago
Strong and bulky base prefer to elimation pdt whereas  weak and lighter base prefer Sn mechanism. 
Basicity order is how easily it can accept proton whereas nucleophilicity is how easily it can donate generally they r both the same but sometime solvent decide the nucleophilicity so order may change

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