General Organic ChemistryMedium

Question

An SN2 reaction of an asymmetric carbon of a compound always gives :

Options

A.an enantiomer of the substrate
B.a product with opposite optical rotation
C.a mixture of diastermers
D.a single stereoisomer

Solution

In SN2 -reactions, inversion of configuration takes place always (Walden inversion).
  

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