Answer to Question #167915 in Organic Chemistry for Aliyah

Question

Choosing an example, explain how it reacts, mechanism, balanced equation, the IUPAC name of organic reactants and products for 

Halogenalkanes: nucleophillic substitution forming alcohols nitriles, amines, and elimination forming Alkene -thanks

Answer 1

Nucleophilic substitution reactions are an important class of reactions that allow the interconversion of functional groups. For alcohols, the range of substitution reactions possible can be increased by utilising the tosylates (R-OTs), an alternative method of converting the -OH to a better leaving group