Good Leaving group

    Cards (4)

    • The more sterically hindered the substrate, the slower the rate of substitution will be.
    • Good leaving groups are the most stable weak bases.
    • Good leaving groups follow the right and down direction on the periodic table.
    • At equilibrium of a nucleophilic substitution favors products where the leaving group is a weaker base than the nucleophile.
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