CMC Medical CMC-Medical VELLORE Solved Paper-2014

  • question_answer
    An\[{{S}_{N}}2\]reaction at an asymmetric carbon of a compound always gives

    A)  a mixture of diastereomers

    B)  a single stereoisomer

    C)  an enantiomer of the substrate

    D)  a product with opposite optical rotation

    Correct Answer: B

    Solution :

              In \[{{S}_{N}}2\] reactions, the nucleophile attaches itself from the direction opposite to that of the nucleophile already present in the second step, the previous nucleophile is removed and a single stereoisomer is obtained.


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