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Tutorial on Nucleophilic Substitution and Elimination Reaction.

Nucleophilic Substitution reaction with nucleophile• Hydroxide ion (OH-)• Cyanide ion (CN -)• Ammonia (NH3)
Nucleophilic Substitution
H H │ │CH3 CH2- C- Br + OH- CH3 CH2-C –OH + Br - │ │ H H
SN2
H H │ │CH3 CH2- C- Br + CN- CH3 CH2-C –CN + Br - │ │ H H
SN2
H H │ │CH3 CH2- C- Br + NH3 CH3 CH2-C –NH2 + Br - │ │ H H
SN2

Nucleophilic Substitution reaction with nucleophile• Hydroxide ion (OH-)• Cyanide ion (CN -)• Ammonia (NH3)
Nucleophilic Substitution
H H │ │CH3 CH2- C- Br + OH- CH3 CH2-C –OH + Br - │ │ H H
SN2 SN2OH- OH-
H H │ │CH3 CH2- C- Br + CN- CH3 CH2-C –CN + Br - │ │ H H
SN2 SN2CN- CN
H H │ │CH3 CH2- C- Br + NH3 CH3 CH2-C –NH2 + Br - │ │ H H
SN2 SN2NH3 NH2
Nucleophilic Substitution with nucleophile• Nucleophile (electron pair donor)• Attack the electron deficient carbon • Bond breaking and Bond Making in
transition state• Single step mechanism• SN2 mechanism

Single StepNucleophilic Substitution SN2• Undergo SN2 mechanism, Bimolecular Nucleophilic Substitution
CH3CH2Br + OH- → CH3CH2OH + Br-
• Single step mechanism – Bond breaking and Bond making in transition state• Involve collision between 2 molecules• Rate is dependent on concentration of CH3CH2Br and OH-
• Molecularity = 2• Experimentally rate expression = k [CH3CH2Br][OH-]
Transition state
Bond making and bond breaking
Nucleophile OH attack
Br2 leaving group
Single step
HO:- + CH3CH2Br → [HO---CH2(CH3)---Br] - → CH3CH2OH + Br-
CH3CH2Br + OH- → CH3CH2OH + Br-
SN2
Nucleophilic Substitution with Hydroxide OH -
Mechanism for Nucleophilic Substitution
HO: -

H │ OH- + CH3 – C –Br │ H
H H │ │CH3 - C – Br + OH- CH3 – C –OH + Br - │ │ H H
Single step mechanism – Bond breaking and Bond making in transition state• Involve collision between 2 molecules• no bulky alkyl gp, less steric effect – • allows nucleophile to attack the electron deficient carbon from the opposite site
CH3CH2Br + OH- → CH3CH2OH + Br- Single step through transition state
Nucleophilic Substitution by OH - SN2
CH3CH2Br + OH- → CH3CH2OH + Br-
Nucleophilic Substitution with Hydroxide OH -

H │ OH- + CH3 – C –Br │ H
H H │ │CH3 - C – Br + OH- CH3 – C –OH + Br - │ │ H H
Single step mechanism – Bond breaking and Bond making in transition state• Involve collision between 2 molecules• no bulky alkyl gp, less steric effect – • allows nucleophile to attack the electron deficient carbon from the opposite site
Nucleophile colliding with bromoethane
CH3CH2Br + OH- → CH3CH2OH + Br- Single step through transition state
Nucleophilic Substitution by OH - SN2
CH3CH2Br + OH- → CH3CH2OH + Br-
Nucleophilic Substitution with Hydroxide OH -

H │ OH- + CH3 – C –Br │ H
Bond Breaking and Making at transition state
H H │ │CH3 - C – Br + OH- CH3 – C –OH + Br - │ │ H H
Single step mechanism – Bond breaking and Bond making in transition state• Involve collision between 2 molecules• no bulky alkyl gp, less steric effect – • allows nucleophile to attack the electron deficient carbon from the opposite site
Nucleophile colliding with bromoethane
CH3CH2Br + OH- → CH3CH2OH + Br- Single step through transition state
Nucleophilic Substitution by OH - SN2
CH3CH2Br + OH- → CH3CH2OH + Br-
Nucleophilic Substitution with Hydroxide OH -

H │ OH- + CH3 – C –Br │ H
Bond Breaking and Making at transition state Bromine substituted with OH- group
H H │ │CH3 - C – Br + OH- CH3 – C –OH + Br - │ │ H H
Single step mechanism – Bond breaking and Bond making in transition state• Involve collision between 2 molecules• no bulky alkyl gp, less steric effect – • allows nucleophile to attack the electron deficient carbon from the opposite site
Nucleophile colliding with bromoethane
CH3CH2Br + OH- → CH3CH2OH + Br- Single step through transition state
Nucleophilic Substitution by OH - SN2
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CH3CH2Br + OH- → CH3CH2OH + Br-
Nucleophilic Substitution with Hydroxide OH -

Single StepNucleophilic Substitution SN2• Undergo SN2 mechanism, Bimolecular Nucleophilic Substitution
CH3CH2Br + CN- → CH3CH2CN + Br-
• Single step mechanism – Bond breaking and Bond making in transition state• Involve collision between 2 molecules• Rate is dependent on concentration of CH3CH2Br and CN-
• Molecularity = 2• Experimentally rate expression = k [CH3CH2Br][CN-]
Transition state
Bond making and bond breaking
Nucleophile CN- attack
Br2 leaving group
Single step
CN- + CH3CH2Br → [NC---CH2(CH3)---Br]- → CH3CH2CN + Br-
CH3CH2Br + CN- → CH3CH2CN + Br-
SN2
Nucleophilic Substitution with Cyanide ion CN-
Mechanism for Nucleophilic Substitution
NC: - NCNC

Single StepNucleophilic Substitution SN2• Undergo SN2 mechanism, Bimolecular Nucleophilic Substitution
CH3CH2Br + CN- → CH3CH2CN + Br-
• Single step mechanism – Bond breaking and Bond making in transition state• Involve collision between 2 molecules• Rate is dependent on concentration of CH3CH2Br and CN-
• Molecularity = 2• Experimentally rate expression = k [CH3CH2Br][CN-]
Transition state
Bond making and bond breaking
Nucleophile CN- attack
Br2 leaving group
Single step
CN- + CH3CH2Br → [NC---CH2(CH3)---Br]- → CH3CH2CN + Br-
CH3CH2Br + CN- → CH3CH2CN + Br-
SN2
Nucleophilic Substitution with Cyanide ion CN-
Mechanism for Nucleophilic Substitution
NC: - NCNC
Use to increase the length of carbon• propanenitrile reduced using hydrogen with nickel catalyst to amine• propanenitrile hydrolysed using acid to carboxylic acid
Reduction
H2/ nickel CH3CH2CH2NH2
CH3CH2COOH
CH3CH2Br + CN- → Br- + CH3CH2CN Propanenitrile Acid Hydrolysis

H │ :CN- + CH3 – C –Br │ H
H H │ │CH3 - C – Br + :CN- CH3 – C –CN + Br - │ │ H H
Single step mechanism – Bond breaking and Bond making in transition state• Involve collision between 2 molecules• no bulky alkyl gp, less steric effect – • allows nucleophile to attack the electron deficient carbon from the opposite site
CH3CH2Br + :CN- → CH3CH2CN + Br- Single step through transition state
Nucleophilic Substitution by CN- SN2
CH3CH2Br + CN- → CH3CH2CN + Br-
Nucleophilic Substitution with Cyanide ion CN-

H │ :CN- + CH3 – C –Br │ H
H H │ │CH3 - C – Br + :CN- CH3 – C –CN + Br - │ │ H H
Single step mechanism – Bond breaking and Bond making in transition state• Involve collision between 2 molecules• no bulky alkyl gp, less steric effect – • allows nucleophile to attack the electron deficient carbon from the opposite site
Nucleophile colliding with bromoethane
CH3CH2Br + :CN- → CH3CH2CN + Br- Single step through transition state
CH3CH2Br + CN- → CH3CH2CN + Br-
Nucleophilic Substitution with Cyanide ion CN-
Nucleophilic Substitution by CN- SN2

H │ :CN- + CH3 – C –Br │ H
Bond Breaking and Making at transition state
H H │ │CH3 - C – Br + :CN- CH3 – C –CN + Br - │ │ H H
Single step mechanism – Bond breaking and Bond making in transition state• Involve collision between 2 molecules• no bulky alkyl gp, less steric effect – • allows nucleophile to attack the electron deficient carbon from the opposite site
Nucleophile colliding with bromoethane
CH3CH2Br + :CN- → CH3CH2CN + Br- Single step through transition state
CH3CH2Br + CN- → CH3CH2CN + Br-
Nucleophilic Substitution with Cyanide ion CN-
Nucleophilic Substitution by CN- SN2

H │ :CN- + CH3 – C –Br │ H
Bond Breaking and Making at transition state Bromine substituted with CN group
H H │ │CH3 - C – Br + :CN- CH3 – C –CN + Br - │ │ H H
Single step mechanism – Bond breaking and Bond making in transition state• Involve collision between 2 molecules• no bulky alkyl gp, less steric effect – • allows nucleophile to attack the electron deficient carbon from the opposite site
Nucleophile colliding with bromoethane
CH3CH2Br + :CN- → CH3CH2CN + Br- Single step through transition state
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CH3CH2Br + CN- → CH3CH2CN + Br-
Nucleophilic Substitution with Cyanide ion CN-
Nucleophilic Substitution by CN- SN2

Single StepNucleophilic Substitution SN2• Undergo SN2 mechanism, Bimolecular Nucleophilic Substitution
CH3CH2Br + NH3 → CH3CH2NH2 + Br-
• Single step mechanism – Bond breaking and Bond making in transition state• Involve collision between 2 molecules• Rate is dependent on concentration of CH3CH2Br and NH3
• Molecularity = 2• Experimentally rate expression = k [CH3CH2Br][NH3]
Transition state
Bond making and bond breaking
Nucleophile NH3 attack
Br2 leaving group
Single step
:NH3 + CH3CH2Br → [H3N---CH2(CH3)---Br] → CH3CH2NH2 + H+ + Br-
CH3CH2Br + NH3 → CH3CH2NH2 + Br-
SN2
Nucleophilic Substitution with Ammonia NH3
Mechanism for Nucleophilic Substitution
NH3 :NH3 NH2

Single StepNucleophilic Substitution SN2• Undergo SN2 mechanism, Bimolecular Nucleophilic Substitution
CH3CH2Br + NH3 → CH3CH2NH2 + Br-
• Single step mechanism – Bond breaking and Bond making in transition state• Involve collision between 2 molecules• Rate is dependent on concentration of CH3CH2Br and NH3
• Molecularity = 2• Experimentally rate expression = k [CH3CH2Br][NH3]
Transition state
Bond making and bond breaking
Nucleophile NH3 attack
Br2 leaving group
Single step
:NH3 + CH3CH2Br → [H3N---CH2(CH3)---Br] → CH3CH2NH2 + H+ + Br-
CH3CH2Br + NH3 → CH3CH2NH2 + Br-
SN2
Nucleophilic Substitution with Ammonia NH3
Mechanism for Nucleophilic Substitution
NH3 :NH3 NH2
Nucleophile Product becomes nucleophile Product - Tertiary amine formed
Nucleophilic Substitution forming Primary, Secondary and Tertiary Amine

H │ :NH3 + CH3 – C –Br │ H
H H │ │CH3 - C – Br + :NH3 CH3 – C –NH2 + Br - │ │ H H
Single step mechanism – Bond breaking and Bond making in transition state• Involve collision between 2 molecules• no bulky alkyl gp, less steric effect – • allows nucleophile to attack the electron deficient carbon from the opposite site
CH3CH2Br + :NH3 → CH3CH2NH2 + Br- Single step through transition state
CH3CH2Br + NH3 → CH3CH2NH2 + Br-
Nucleophilic Substitution with Ammonia NH3
Nucleophilic Substitution by NH3 SN2

H │ :NH3 + CH3 – C –Br │ H
H H │ │CH3 - C – Br + :NH3 CH3 – C –NH2 + Br - │ │ H H
Single step mechanism – Bond breaking and Bond making in transition state• Involve collision between 2 molecules• no bulky alkyl gp, less steric effect – • allows nucleophile to attack the electron deficient carbon from the opposite site
Nucleophile colliding with bromoethane
CH3CH2Br + :NH3 → CH3CH2NH2 + Br- Single step through transition state
CH3CH2Br + NH3 → CH3CH2NH2 + Br-
Nucleophilic Substitution with Ammonia NH3
Nucleophilic Substitution by NH3 SN2

H │ :NH3 + CH3 – C –Br │ H
Bond Breaking and Making at transition state
H H │ │CH3 - C – Br + :NH3 CH3 – C –NH2 + Br - │ │ H H
Single step mechanism – Bond breaking and Bond making in transition state• Involve collision between 2 molecules• no bulky alkyl gp, less steric effect – • allows nucleophile to attack the electron deficient carbon from the opposite site
Nucleophile colliding with bromoethane
CH3CH2Br + :NH3 → CH3CH2NH2 + Br- Single step through transition state
CH3CH2Br + NH3 → CH3CH2NH2 + Br-
Nucleophilic Substitution with Ammonia NH3
Nucleophilic Substitution by NH3 SN2

H │ :NH3 + CH3 – C –Br │ H
Bond Breaking and Making at transition state Bromine substituted with NH3 group
H H │ │CH3 - C – Br + :NH3 CH3 – C –NH2 + Br - │ │ H H
Single step mechanism – Bond breaking and Bond making in transition state• Involve collision between 2 molecules• no bulky alkyl gp, less steric effect – • allows nucleophile to attack the electron deficient carbon from the opposite site
Nucleophile colliding with bromoethane
CH3CH2Br + :NH3 → CH3CH2NH2 + Br- Single step through transition state
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CH3CH2Br + NH3 → CH3CH2NH2 + Br-
Nucleophilic Substitution with Ammonia NH3
Nucleophilic Substitution by NH3 SN2

H H │ │ H - C - C – H │ │ H Br
Substitution vs Elimination Reaction
H H │ │ H - C - C – H │ │ H OH
Dil aqueous OH - a
t 60C
Substitution Reaction with OH- Nucleophile
Hydroxide OH - – acts as a nucleophile• electron pair donor to electron deficient carbon
Substitution Reaction

H H │ │ H - C - C – H │ │ H Br
Substitution vs Elimination Reaction
H H │ │ H - C - C – H │ │ H OH
H H │ │ C = C │ │H H
Dil aqueous OH - a
t 60C Conc alcoholic OH - at 100C
Substitution Reaction with OH- Nucleophile Elimination Reaction with Conc alcoholic OH- at 100C
OH - + C2H5OH ↔ H2O + C2H5O-
C2H5O- (ethoxide ion) is a stronger base due to
• Inductive effect of alkyl group pushing electron to O• Acts as a base not nucleophile by removing H+/proton acceptor
Hydroxide OH - – acts as a nucleophile• electron pair donor to electron deficient carbon
Substitution Reaction Elimination Reaction

H H │ │ H - C - C – H │ │ H Br
Substitution vs Elimination Reaction
H H │ │ H - C - C – H │ │ H OH
H H │ │ C = C │ │H H
Dil aqueous OH - a
t 60C Conc alcoholic OH - at 100C
Substitution Reaction with OH- Nucleophile Elimination Reaction with Conc alcoholic OH- at 100C
OH - + C2H5OH ↔ H2O + C2H5O-
C2H5O- (ethoxide ion) is a stronger base due to
• Inductive effect of alkyl group pushing electron to O• Acts as a base not nucleophile by removing H+/proton acceptor
Elimination Mechanism
Hydroxide OH - – acts as a nucleophile• electron pair donor to electron deficient carbon
CH3-CH2-Br + C2H5O- → CH2=CH2 + Br- CH3-CH2-Br + C2H5O
- → CH2=CH2 + Br-
Substitution Reaction Elimination Reaction
Inverted, Bond breaking and forming together Carbocation formation
E1, 1 stepE2, 2 steps

H H H │ │ │ H - C - C - C – H │ │ │ H H Br
1- bromopropane
H H H H │ │ │ │ H - C - C - C – C -H │ │ │ │ H H Br H
H H H H H │ │ │ │ │ H - C - C - C – C –C -H │ │ │ │ │ H H Br H H
Substitution vs Elimination Reaction
Dilute aqueous OH - at 60C
Conc alcoholic OH - at 100C
2-bromobutane
3-bromopentane
Substitutio
n Dilute aqueous OH - at 60C
Conc alcoholic OH - at 100C
Dilute aqueous OH - at 60C
Conc alcoholic OH - at 100C
Elimination Substitutio
n
Substitutio
nElimination
Elimination

H H H │ │ │ H - C - C - C – H │ │ │ H H Br
1- bromopropane
H H H │ │ │ H - C - C - C – H │ │ │ H H OH
H H H │ │ │ H - C - C = C – H │ H
H H H H │ │ │ │ H - C - C - C – C -H │ │ │ │ H H Br H
H H H H │ │ │ │ H - C - C - C – C -H │ │ │ │ H H OH H
H H H H │ │ │ │ H - C - C - C = C -H │ │ H H
H H H H │ │ │ │ H - C - C = C - C -H │ │ H H
H H H H H │ │ │ │ │ H - C - C - C – C –C -H │ │ │ │ │ H H Br H H
H H H H H │ │ │ │ │ H - C - C - C – C –C -H │ │ │ │ │ H H OH H H
H H H H H │ │ │ │ │ H - C - C = C – C –C -H │ │ │ H H H
H H H H H │ │ │ │ │ H - C - C - C = C –C -H │ │ │ H H H
Substitution vs Elimination Reaction
Dilute aqueous OH - at 60C
Conc alcoholic OH - at 100C
propan-1-ol propene
2-bromobutane
butan-1-ol But-1-ene
3-bromopentane
But-2-ene
pentan-3-ol pent-2-ene pent-2-ene
Substitutio
n Dilute aqueous OH - at 60C
Conc alcoholic OH - at 100C
Different products
Dilute aqueous OH - at 60C
Conc alcoholic OH - at 100C
Same products
Elimination Substitutio
n
Substitutio
nElimination
Elimination

│ │C- C - CI │ │
│ │C - C -OH │ │
│ │C- C – NH2 │ │
│ │C- C – CN │ │
│ │ │C- C – C-NH2
│ │ │
│ │C- C – COOH │ │
Reaction Pathways
Substitution Reaction Elimination Reaction
Nucleophilic substitution
SN2/ NH 3
SN2/ C
N-
SN2 / Warm OH-
EliminationHigh Temp 100C /Conc alcoholic OH-
│ │C = C │ │
Amine
Nitrile
Alcohol
Aci
d H
ydro
lysi
s
Hydrogenation/Reduction
H2 /Nickel catalyst
Carboxylic Acid Amine
│ │C- C │ │H H
│ │C - C │ │H CI
│ │C - C │ │Br Br
│ │C - C │ │CI CI
Addition H 2
Add
ition
HC
I
Ad
dit
ion
Br 2 Addition CI
2
Addition Reaction
AlkeneHalogenoalkane

C –C–C-Br → C – C – C – C-NH2 C = C → C – C – C-NH2
Convert 1 bromopropane to butan-1-amine Convert ethene to propan 1-amine
Convert ethene to ethanamine
C = C → C – C-NH2
Reaction Pathways
C – C → C – C │ │ │ │H OH CI CI
Convert ethanol to 1,2 dichloroethane

C –C–C-Br → C – C – C – C-NH2 C = C → C – C – C-NH2
Convert 1 bromopropane to butan-1-amine Convert ethene to propan 1-amine
Two steps1st Nucleophilic Substitution with CN2nd Reduction of CN with H2
Three steps1st Addition with HCI2nd Nucleophilic Substitution with CN3rd Reduction of CN with H2
Convert ethene to ethanamine
C = C → C – C-NH2
Two steps1st Addition with HCI2nd Nucleophilic Substitution with NH3
Reaction Pathways
C – C → C – C │ │ │ │H OH CI CI
Convert ethanol to 1,2 dichloroethane
Two steps1st Elimination of water2nd Addition of CI2

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