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JIPMER 2019
Exam
JIPMER
Year
2019
Subject
Chemistry
Chapter
General Organic Chemistry

JIPMER 2019 · Chemistry · General Organic Chemistry

Which can not behave as a nucleophile for S_ N 2 reaction?

Which can not behave as a nucleophile for SN2\mathrm{S}_{\mathrm{N}} 2 reaction?Which can not behave as a nucleophile for S_ N 2 reaction?

Options

  1. AH2O\mathrm{H}_2 \mathrm{O}
  2. BCN−\mathrm{CN}^{-}
  3. CNH2−\mathrm{NH}_2^{-}
  4. DI−I^{-}

Correct answer

A. H2O\mathrm{H}_2 \mathrm{O}

Step-by-step solution

In SN2\mathrm{S}_{\mathrm{N}} 2 reaction, nucleophile transfers electron pair to carbon of substrate, leading to the formation of transition state. Which can not behave as a nucleophile for S_ N 2 reaction? H2O\mathrm{H}_2 \mathrm{O} is a neutral nucleophile while CN−,NH2−\mathrm{CN}^{-}, \mathrm{NH}_2^{-}and I−\mathrm{I}^{-}are negatively charged nucleophile. Thus, H2O\mathrm{H}_2 \mathrm{O} cannot behave as a nucleophile for SN2\mathrm{S}_{\mathrm{N}} 2 reaction.
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