Thursday, September 14, 2017

organic chemistry - Why do we get slightly more inversion product than retention product in SN1 reaction?


Theoretically, in $\mathrm{S_N1}$ reaction we should get a racemic mixture as the product because the nucleophile can attack from either side of the formed carbocation.



However, many textbooks claim that there's slightly more inversion product than retention product.


Is there any specific reason for this to happen.




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