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Protic solvents favor SN1
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- Germán Fernández
- SUBSTITUTION REACTIONS (SN1)
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Protic solvents (water, alcohols) stabilize carbocations by interaction between the negatively polarized oxygen of the solvent and the positive carbon. These interactions lower the activation energy of the slow stage, favoring the rate of the reaction.
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