Special Topic 1C: Substitution and Elimination

The purpose of this video is to help second-year organic chemistry students review the concepts and questions that most frequently appear on standardized entrance exams, like the MCAT, DAT, PCAT, and GRE. In this video I\u27ll teach you the mechanisms and details of substitution and elimination reactions and how to distinguish between SN1, E1, SN2, and E2 reactions. I\u27ll teach you about dehydrations (really just eliminations of water) and the stereochemical requirements for eliminations to occur inside and outside of ringed molecules. --Dr. Mike Christiansen from Utah State University