Answer to Question #86372 in Organic Chemistry for Gayatri

Question #86372
By taking a suitable example, write the mechanism of the reaction of a thiol with an alkyl halide. Explain why thiols react more rapidly than open chain ethers.
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2019-03-15T02:35:49-0400

Mechanism of the reaction of a thiol with an alkyl halide:



Thiols are more nucleophilic than open chain ethers. Nucleophility refers to the ability of an atom to donate a lone pair to an electrophile other than H. Sulphur, being less electronegative than oxygen, "holds on" to its electrons less tightly and thus donate its lone pairs more readily.


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