Which best describes why carbocation formation is the rate determining step of a unimolecular substitution reaction? O The ABC step is slow. The nucelophile is too weak to attack without a carbocation present. The carbocation formed is unstable and high in energy. Carbocation formation is reversible so it doesn't readily occur. The solvent is acting as the nucleophile.

Which best describes why carbocation formation is the rate determining step of a unimolecular substitution reaction? O The ABC step is slow. The nucelophile is too weak to attack without a carbocation present. The carbocation formed is unstable and high in energy. Carbocation formation is reversible so it doesn't readily occur. The solvent is acting as the nucleophile.

Organic Chemistry: A Guided Inquiry

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Author:Andrei Straumanis

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Chapter19: Eas: Electrophilic Aromatic Substitution

Section: Chapter Questions

Problem 8E

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