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Nucleophilic substitution

William Stockburn looks at the mechanism for nucleophilic substitution of halogenoalkanes in the SN2 reaction mechanism

The chemistry underpinning the formation of amines from halogenoalkanes is used in synthesis of potential anticancer compounds

This ‘Revision note’ addresses the fo llowing A-level topics:

• nucleophiles

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