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Methylamine ( CH₃NH₂ ) has a lone pair on nitrogen, enabling it to act as a nucleophile in an S_N₂ reaction with CH₃CH₂Br to form CH₃NHCH₂CH₃, a property noted in the PDF.
Ref: NCERT Chemistry Textbook for Class XI and XII, Chapter: Chemical Bonding, Topic: Hybridization of nitrogen in CH₃NH₂, sp³ hybridization, pyramidal geometry.
AgNO₃ provides NO₃⁻ , which substitutes Br in CH₃CH₂CH₂CH₂Br to form the nitrate ester CH₃CH₂CH₂CH₂ONO₂ .
Ref: NCERT Class 12 Chemistry > Chapter 6: Haloalkanes and Haloarenes > Topic: Nucleophilic Substitution Reactions - SN1 and SN2 Mechanisms
NaOC(CH₃)3 (sodium tert-butoxide) substitutes I in CH₃CH₂CH₂I via SN₂ to form CH₃CH₂CH₂OC(CH₃)3 .
Ref: NCERT Class 12 Chemistry > Chapter 6: Haloalkanes and Haloarenes > Topic: Nucleophilic Substitution Reactions - SN1 and SN2 Mechanisms
In a basic medium, OH⁻ acts as the nucleophile, displacing Cl⁻ in a substitution reaction to form ethanol.
Ref: NCERT Class 11 Chemistry > Chapter 8: Organic Chemistry - Some Basic Principles and Techniques > Topic: Isomerism - Structural Isomerism - Chain Position Functional Metamerism
A nucleophile is an electron-rich species. CN⁻ has a lone pair and a negative charge, making it a strong nucleophile.
Ref: NCERT Class 11 Chemistry > Chapter 8: Organic Chemistry - Some Basic Principles and Techniques > Topic: Isomerism - Stereoisomerism - Geometrical and Optical Isomerism
CH₃NH₂ (methylamine) has a lone pair on nitrogen, making it an electron-rich nucleophile.
Ref: NCERT Class 11 Chemistry > Chapter 8: Organic Chemistry - Some Basic Principles and Techniques > Topic: Isomerism - Stereoisomerism - Geometrical and Optical Isomerism
CN⁻ (cyanide ion) is a strong nucleophile that displaces Br⁻ in a substitution reaction to form CH₃CH₂CN (propanenitrile).
Ref: NCERT Class 11 Chemistry > Chapter 8: Organic Chemistry - Some Basic Principles and Techniques > Topic: Isomerism - Stereoisomerism - Geometrical and Optical Isomerism
CH₃CH₂⁺ is a carbocation (electrophile), not a nucleophile, unlike OH⁻, NH₃, CN⁻, which are electron-rich.
Ref: NCERT Class 11 Chemistry > Chapter 8: Organic Chemistry - Some Basic Principles and Techniques > Topic: Fundamental Concepts - Reaction Mechanism - Fission and Reaction Intermediates
