SN1 SN2 E1 Series: Video 5
Once you understand the similarities and differences between nucleophiles and bases, you need to understand how to differentiate the molecules that prefer to act as just one or the other.
This video helps you understand strong bases that make weak nucleophiles and strong nucleophiles that are weak bases.
(Watch on YouTube: Nucleophile vs Base 2. Click CC on bottom right for transcript.)
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This is Video 5 in the Nucleophilic Substitution and Beta Elimination Video Series. Click HERE for the entire series.
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Doesn’t size increase from the top left corner to the bottom right corner? (Not left to right)
Hello, Leah! Quick question: in the video above, you said since Fluorine has the most concentrated charge that it is the most reactive. However, since the molecules are getting bigger when going down the P.T and the electron density is becoming more distributed, wouldn’t the bigger molecules like Iodine be the most reactive? In other words, wouldn’t the trend be opposite? Thanks in advance for the clarification!
So is fluorine a strong nucleophile or iodine?