NUCLEOPHILIC SUBSTITUTION
NUCLEOPHILIC SUBSTITUTION.
That just does it for me. Isn't that just the most awesome name for something ever?
A nucleophile is an ion or group of atoms with a negatively charged area or partially negatively charged area that takes part in an organic reaction by... listen to this ATTACKING AN ELECTRON DEFICENT AREA IN ANOTHER REACTANT :o
Isn't that like shocking? *The feels for that poor atom*
These attacks are called NUCLEOPHILIC SUBSTITUTIONS.
And they can be illustrated like so...
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-The CURLY ARROWS (that is actually their technical name- whoever came up with this is also awesome) represent how the nucleophile is attracted to the slightly positive charge of the carbon atom.
-The electron pair is donated to X to create the halogen ion which is called a leaving group :'( how very emotional *sniff* just take a closer look at him he's like a cross face with a tear if you turn him on his side-->
(That is how you should remember to draw him, in that really emotional way)
So basically in this reaction the poor old halogen ion is kicked out and replaced by this nasty nucleophile.
Some examples of nasty nuclophiles are:
:o
*One girl in my chemistry class who I'm not particularly a fan of just burst out "OMG NO WAY IS THE SYMBOL FOR A NUCLEOPHILE THAT! IT'S THE SAME SYMBOL ON MY BOOK! NOW I KNOW WHAT IT MEANS"... And everyone was laughed at her and was like, no, that's the name of a company who supply asda, I doubt they took the inspiration from chemistry.
Does anyone know those notebooks you get? They look like this-->
And then she was just sighed and went "ohh I thought I'd finally figured something out, anyway the dots are the wrong way round"
And everytime I write it as an example I just think of her.