The E2 Mechanism and the Anti Coplaner Conformation. Help Me With Organic Chemistry!

The E2 mechanism is an important item for every organic chemistry student to learn. The most important thing to remember is that the E2 mechanism is a concerted mechanism. This means that the entire reaction mechanism occurs simultaneously with no reactive intermediate. Another important aspect of the E2 mechanism is it occurs in an anti-coplaner conformation. This means that the proton being deprotonated must be in the same plane and in the anti orientation to the leaving group.

The E2 mechanism is second order. This means that the base and the substrate exist together in the transition state of the rate determining step.

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This video is part of a series called How to be Successful in Organic Chemistry. In this series I go over numerous problems that a student could expect to see in there organic chemistry 1 course. Doing organic chemistry practice problems will make you more successful in organic chemistry and biochemistry.

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