{"id":5409,"date":"2012-07-13T16:34:14","date_gmt":"2012-07-13T16:34:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.masterorganicchemistry.com\/?p=5409"},"modified":"2026-04-18T06:15:50","modified_gmt":"2026-04-18T11:15:50","slug":"the-sn1-mechanism","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.masterorganicchemistry.com\/2012\/07\/13\/the-sn1-mechanism\/","title":{"rendered":"The SN1 Mechanism"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>The SN1 Reaction Mechanism<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>There are two important classes of nucleophilic substitution mechanisms &#8211; the S<sub>N<\/sub>1 and S<sub>N<\/sub>2 mechanisms (<span style=\"color: #800080;\"><em>See article &#8211; <span style=\"color: #800080;\"><a style=\"color: #800080;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.masterorganicchemistry.com\/2012\/06\/27\/two-types-of-substitution-reactions\/\">Two Types of Substitution Reactions<\/a><\/span><\/em><\/span>)<\/li>\n<li>The S<sub>N<\/sub>1 mechanism is distinct from the S<sub>N<\/sub>2 in three distinct ways.<\/li>\n<li>The reaction is fastest for\u00a0<strong>tertiary\u00a0<\/strong>alkyl halides and slowest for primary (and methyl) halides<\/li>\n<li>The rate law is\u00a0<strong>unimolecular &#8211;\u00a0<\/strong>it is only dependent on the concentration of\u00a0<strong>substrate\u00a0<\/strong>(<span style=\"color: #993366;\"><em>i.e. alkyl halide<\/em><\/span>) and not the nucleophile<\/li>\n<li>Alkyl halides with a chiral center at the &#8220;alpha-carbon&#8221; will give a product that provides a mixture of <strong>retention\u00a0<\/strong>of configuration and\u00a0<strong>inversion\u00a0<\/strong>of configuration. [<a href=\"#notetwo\">Note 2<\/a>] Sometimes this is described as &#8220;racemization&#8221; .<\/li>\n<li>The best explanation for how this reaction works is that it begins with a (rate-determining) loss of a leaving group to give a\u00a0<strong>carbocation<\/strong>, which can then undergo attack by a weak nucleophile at either face, resulting in the loss of stereochemistry.<\/li>\n<li>The S<sub>N<\/sub>1 reaction is sometimes accompanied by carbocation rearrangements. (<span style=\"color: #800080;\"><em>See article &#8211; <span style=\"color: #800080;\"><a style=\"color: #800080;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.masterorganicchemistry.com\/reaction-guide\/substitution-sn1-with-hydride-shift\/\">Substitution With Rearrangement<\/a><\/span><\/em><\/span>)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-36094\" src=\"https:\/\/www.masterorganicchemistry.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/0-summary-of-the-sn1-reaction-mechanism-formation-of-carbocation.gif\" alt=\"summary of the sn1 reaction mechanism formation of carbocation\" width=\"640\" height=\"784\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Table of Contents<\/strong><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><a href=\"#one\">Stereochemistry Of The SN1 Reaction: A Mixture of Retention and Inversion is Observed<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"#two\">The Rate Law Of The SN1 Reaction Is First-Order Overall<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"#three\">The Reaction Rate Increases With Substitution At Carbon (Tertiary &gt;&gt; Secondary &gt; Primary)<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"#four\">The Stepwise Reaction Mechanism of the SN1 Reaction<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"#notes\">Notes<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"#quizzes\">Quiz Yourself!\u00a0<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"#references\">(Advanced) References and Further Reading<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<hr \/>\n<h2><strong><a id=\"one\"><\/a>1. Stereochemistry Of The SN1 Reaction: A Mixture of Retention and Inversion is Observed<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>If we start with an enantiomerically pure product, (<em><span style=\"color: #993366;\">that is, one<\/span> <span style=\"color: #800080;\">enantiomer<\/span><\/em>), these reactions tend to result in a mixture of products where the stereochemistry is the same as the starting material (retention) or opposite (inversion). In other words, some degree of <em>racemization <\/em>will take place (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.masterorganicchemistry.com\/2012\/05\/23\/whats-a-racemic-mixture\/\"><em>See post: What Is A Racemic Mixture?<\/em><\/a>)<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-14810\" src=\"https:\/\/www.masterorganicchemistry.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/1-sn1-reaction-substitution-proceeds-with-mix-of-retention-and-inversion-racemization.gif\" alt=\"sn1 reaction substitution proceeds with mix of retention and inversion racemization\" width=\"600\" height=\"154\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Compare this to the S<sub>N<\/sub>2, which always results in inversion of stereochemistry! Clearly something different must be going on here.<\/p>\n<h2><strong><a id=\"two\"><\/a>2. The Rate Law Of The SN1 Reaction Is First-Order Overall<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>We can also measure the rate law of these reactions. When we do so, we notice that the rate is <strong>only <\/strong>dependent on the concentration of the substrate, but <strong>not<\/strong> on the concentration of nucleophile.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-14811\" src=\"https:\/\/www.masterorganicchemistry.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/2-rate-law-of-sn1-reaction-is-unimolecular-only-depends-on-concentration-of-substrate.gif\" alt=\"rate law of sn1 reaction is unimolecular only depends on concentration of substrate\" width=\"600\" height=\"377\" \/><\/p>\n<p><em>Weird<\/em>. Remember that the S<sub>N<\/sub>2 depends on both. Why might this reaction <strong>only<\/strong> depend on the concentration of substrate?<\/p>\n<h2><strong><a id=\"three\"><\/a>3. The Reaction Rate Increases With Substitution At Carbon<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>When we subtly change the types of substrates (e.g. alkyl halides) we use in these reactions, we find that <strong>tertiary substrates<\/strong> (for instance, <em>t<\/em>-butyl bromide) are considerably<strong> faster<\/strong> than secondary alkyl bromides, which are in turn faster than primary [<a href=\"#noteone\">Note 1<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-14812\" src=\"https:\/\/www.masterorganicchemistry.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/3-sn1-reaction-rate-is-fastest-for-tertiary-and-slowest-for-primary-and-methyl.gif\" alt=\"sn1 reaction rate is fastest for tertiary and slowest for primary and methyl\" width=\"600\" height=\"411\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Compare that to the case for S<sub>N<\/sub>2, where primary was faster than secondary and tertiary hardly reacted at all. Mysterious!<\/p>\n<h2><strong><a id=\"four\"><\/a>4. The Stepwise Reaction Mechanism of the S<sub>N<\/sub>1 Reaction<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>The best hypothesis we have for this reaction is a <em>stepwise mechanism<\/em>.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>In the first step, the leaving group leaves, forming a <strong>carbocation<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li>In the second, a nucleophile attacks the <strong>carbocation<\/strong>, forming the new product.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-14813\" src=\"https:\/\/www.masterorganicchemistry.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/4-stepwise-mechanism-of-sn1-reaction-showing-loss-of-leaving-group-giving-carbocation-followed-by-attack-of-nucleophile.gif\" alt=\"stepwise mechanism of sn1 reaction showing loss of leaving group giving carbocation followed by attack of nucleophile\" width=\"600\" height=\"806\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>This explains all of our observations nicely<\/strong>. First of all, the slow step should be formation of the (unstable) carbocation &#8211; which only depends on the substrate, not the nucleophile.<\/p>\n<p>Furthermore, since the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.masterorganicchemistry.com\/2011\/03\/11\/3-factors-that-stabilize-carbocations\/\">stability of carbocations<\/a> depends tremendously on substitution pattern (tertiary carbocations are more stable than secondary, which are more stable than primary) this also conveniently explains the dependence of the reaction rate on substitution pattern\u00a0 (<em>See post: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.masterorganicchemistry.com\/2011\/03\/11\/3-factors-that-stabilize-carbocations\/\">Carbocation Stability<\/a><\/em>)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Any factor which stabilizes the carbocation, increases the rate at which the leaving group can leave.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>It also helps us understand the stereochemistry. Since the electrophile is flat, attack could occur from either face; which means that we obtain a mixture of retention and inversion products.<\/p>\n<p>This is therefore called the <strong>S<sub>N<\/sub>1 mechanism<\/strong> &#8211; Substitution, Nucleophilic, Unimolecular &#8211; to contrast with the S<sub>N<\/sub>2 (Substitution, Nucleophilic, Bimolecular).<\/p>\n<p>It all seems to work if you&#8217;ve got a good leaving group present (like a halogen). But what if you don&#8217;t have a good leaving group? In the next post we&#8217;ll talk about how to make a poor leaving group into a good one.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.masterorganicchemistry.com\/2012\/08\/07\/the-conjugate-acid-is-a-better-leaving-group\/\"><strong>Next Post: The Conjugate Acid Is A Better Leaving Group<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2><strong><a id=\"notes\"><\/a>Notes<\/strong><\/h2>\n<div class=\"related-articles\"><p><strong>Related Articles<\/strong><\/p><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.masterorganicchemistry.com\/2012\/08\/07\/the-conjugate-acid-is-a-better-leaving-group\/\" class=\"\"><span>The Conjugate Acid Is A Better Leaving Group<\/span><\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.masterorganicchemistry.com\/2012\/07\/04\/the-sn2-mechanism\/\" class=\"\"><span>The SN2 Mechanism<\/span><\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.masterorganicchemistry.com\/2011\/03\/11\/3-factors-that-stabilize-carbocations\/\" class=\"\"><span>3 Factors That Stabilize Carbocations<\/span><\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.masterorganicchemistry.com\/2012\/08\/08\/comparing-the-sn1-and-sn2-reactions\/\" class=\"\"><span>Comparing the SN1 and SN2 Reactions<\/span><\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.masterorganicchemistry.com\/2011\/04\/12\/what-makes-a-good-leaving-group\/\" class=\"\"><span>What makes a good leaving group?<\/span><\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.masterorganicchemistry.com\/organic-chemistry-practice-problems\/substitution-practice-sn1\/\" class=\"\"><span>Substitution Practice \u2013 SN1 (MOC Membership)<\/span><\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.masterorganicchemistry.com\/2012\/06\/27\/two-types-of-substitution-reactions\/\" class=\"\"><span>Two Types of Nucleophilic Substitution Reactions<\/span><\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.masterorganicchemistry.com\/2023\/01\/18\/where-will-substitution-elimination-reactions-occur\/\" class=\"\"><span>Identifying Where Substitution and Elimination Reactions Happen<\/span><\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/div>\n<p><strong><a id=\"noteone\"><\/a>Note 1.\u00a0<\/strong> &#8211; the primary alkyl halide shown here is certainly reacting solely through an S<sub>N<\/sub>2 mechanism.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a id=\"notetwo\"><\/a>Note 2.<\/strong>\u00a0 Athough it&#8217;s often said that the S<sub>N<\/sub>1 proceeds with &#8220;racemization&#8221; of stereocenters, in practice a 50\/50 split of stereocenters may not be obtained due to &#8220;ion pairing&#8221; effects.<\/p>\n<p>In other words, the leaving group could leave, but not fully dissociate from the vicinity of the carbocation, which could block a nucleophile from attacking the electrophile from that face. 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Mechanism of substitution at a saturated carbon atom. Part V. Hydrolysis of\u00a0<em>tert.<\/em>-butyl chloride.\u00a0<\/strong><br \/>\nEdward D. Hughes.<br \/>\nJ. Chem. Soc.\u00a0<strong>1935<\/strong>, 235<br \/>\n<strong>DOI: <a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1039\/JR9350000255\">10.1039\/JR9350000255<\/a><\/strong><br \/>\nOriginal study where the hydrolysis of\u00a0<em>t<\/em>-butyl chloride was found to be first-order in alkyl halide and zero order in base, giving rise to the mechanism we now know as SN1.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>Mechanism of substitution at a saturated carbon atom. Part IX. The r\u00f4le of the solvent in the first-order hydrolysis of alkyl halides<br \/>\n<\/strong>Leslie C. Bateman and Edward D. Hughes<strong><br \/>\n<\/strong><em>J. Chem. Soc.<\/em> <strong>1937<\/strong>, 1187-1192<strong><br \/>\nDOI: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/pubs.rsc.org\/en\/content\/articlelanding\/1937\/JR\/jr9370001187#!divAbstract\">10.1039\/JR9370001187<\/a><br \/>\nIn the hydrolysis of alkyl bromides by water in formic acid, the relative rates at 100\u00b0 are MeBr 1.00, EtBr 1.71, iPrBr 44.7, and tBuBr ca. 10^8.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Reaction kinetics and the Walden inversion. Part I. Homogeneous hydrolysis and alcoholysis of \u03b2-n-octyl halides<br \/>\n<\/strong>Edward D. Hughes, Christopher K. Ingold and Standish Masterman<strong><br \/>\n<\/strong><em>J. Chem. Soc.<\/em> <strong>1937<\/strong>, 1196-1201<strong><br \/>\nDOI: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/pubs.rsc.org\/en\/content\/articlelanding\/1937\/JR\/jr9370001196#!divAbstract\">10.1039\/JR9370001196<\/a><\/li>\n<li><strong> Reaction kinetics and the Walden inversion. Part IV. Action of silver salts in hydroxylic solvents on \u03b2-n-octyl bromide and \u03b1-phenylethyl chloride<br \/>\n<\/strong>Edward D. Hughes, Christopher K. Ingold and Standish Masterman<br \/>\n<em>J. Chem. Soc.,<\/em> <strong>1937<\/strong>, 1236-1243<br \/>\n<strong>DOI<\/strong>: <a href=\"https:\/\/pubs.rsc.org\/en\/content\/articlelanding\/1937\/jr\/jr9370001236#!divAbstract\">10.1039\/JR9370001236<\/a><br \/>\nThese two papers examine reactions of 2-octyl halides in an attempt to see if pure S<sub>N<\/sub>1 or S<sub>N<\/sub>2 pathways on the same substrate can be favored simply by varying the reaction conditions.<\/li>\n<li><strong>The Correlation of Solvolysis Rates<br \/>\n<\/strong>Ernest Grunwald and S. Winstein<strong><br \/>\n<\/strong><em>Journal of the American Chemical Society<\/em> <strong>1948,<\/strong> <em>70<\/em> (2), 846-854<strong><br \/>\nDOI: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/pubs.acs.org\/doi\/10.1021\/ja01182a117\">1021\/ja01182a117<\/a><br \/>\nThis is a very important paper, discussing the \u2018Grunwald-Winstein equation\u2019 for the first time. This equation is an extension of the Hammett equation, taking solvent effects (i.e. \u2018ionizing power\u2019) into consideration.<\/li>\n<li><strong>The Reactivity of Bridgehead Compounds of Adamantane<br \/>\n<\/strong>Paul von R. Schleyer and Robert D. Nicholas<strong><br \/>\n<\/strong><em>Journal of the American Chemical Society<\/em> <strong>1961,<\/strong> <em>83<\/em> (12), 2700-2707<strong><br \/>\nDOI: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/pubs.acs.org\/doi\/abs\/10.1021\/ja01473a024\">1021\/ja01473a024<\/a><br \/>\nBridgehead carbocations are generally quite unstable since they cannot achieve the planar geometry necessary for good hyperconjugative stabilization. Somewhat surprisingly, in this paper it is found that the SN1 reaction of 1-bromoadamantane proceeds only about 1000 times slower than that of t-butyl bromide, albeit (of course) only with retention of configuration.<\/li>\n<li><strong>The Common Basis of Intramolecular Rearrangements. VI.1 Reactions of Neopentyl Iodide<br \/>\n<\/strong>Frank C. Whitmore, E. L. Wittle, and A. H. Popkin<strong><br \/>\n<\/strong><em>Journal of the American Chemical Society<\/em> <strong>1939,<\/strong> <em>61<\/em> (6), 1586-1590<strong><br \/>\nDOI: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/pubs.acs.org\/doi\/pdf\/10.1021\/ja01875a073\">1021\/ja01875a073<\/a><br \/>\nAn early paper demonstrating that S<sub>N<\/sub>1 reactions can be induced by reaction of an alkyl halide with silver salts. In this case, the neopentyl cation quickly rearranges to the significantly more stable <em>t<\/em>-amyl cation, and those products are obtained.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Mechanism of substitution at a saturated carbon atom. Part XXIX. The r\u00f4le of steric hindrance. (Section D) the mechanism of the reaction of neopentyl bromide with aqueous ethyl alcohol<br \/>\n<\/strong>I. Dostrovsky and E. D. Hughes<strong><br \/>\n<\/strong><em>J. Chem. Soc.,<\/em> <strong>1946<\/strong>, 166-169<strong><br \/>\nDOI: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/pubs.rsc.org\/en\/content\/articlelanding\/1946\/JR\/jr9460000166#!divAbstract\">10.1039\/JR9460000166<\/a><br \/>\nThis is an example of an S<sub>N<\/sub>1 reaction with rearrangement. Neopentyl bromide in aqueous ethyl alcohol gives <em>t<\/em>-amyl alcohol (and <em>t<\/em>-amyl ethyl ether).<\/li>\n<li><strong> Mechanism of substitution at a saturated carbon atom. Part XXXV. Effect of temperature on the competition between unimolecular solvolytic and non-solvolytic substitutions of di-p-tolylmethyl chloride. Activation in the fast step of unimolecular non-solvolytic substitution<br \/>\n<\/strong>Audrey R. Hawdon, E. D. Hughes and C. K. Ingold<br \/>\n<em>J. Chem. Soc.,<\/em> <strong>1952<\/strong>, 2499-2503<strong><br \/>\nDOI: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/pubs.rsc.org\/en\/content\/articlelanding\/1952\/JR\/JR9520002499#!divAbstract\">10.1039\/JR9520002499<\/a><br \/>\nIt is possible to run S<sub>N<\/sub>1 reactions in the presence of added nucleophile, such as in the hydrolysis of benzyl chlorides in the presence of added sodium azide. The separate rates of formation of the carbocation and production of the azide can thus be measured.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Methanolysis of Optically Active Hydrogen 2,4-Dimethylhexyl-4-phthalate<br \/>\n<\/strong> von E. Doering and Harold H. Zeiss<strong><br \/>\n<\/strong><em>Journal of the American Chemical Society<\/em> <strong>1953,<\/strong> <em>75<\/em> (19), 4733-4738<br \/>\n<strong>DOI: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/pubs.acs.org\/doi\/10.1021\/ja01115a035\">10.1021\/ja01115a035<\/a><br \/>\nAn early example of an S<sub>N<\/sub>1 reaction <em>without<\/em> full racemization. Prof. Doering proposes a mechanism in the paper, interesting read.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Quaternary stereocentres via an enantioconvergent catalytic S<sub>N<\/sub>1 reaction<br \/>\n<\/strong>Wendlandt, A.E., Vangal, P. &amp; Jacobsen, E.N.<strong><br \/>\n<\/strong><em>Nature<\/em> <em>556<\/em>, 447\u2013451 (<strong>2018<\/strong>)<strong><br \/>\nDOI: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nature.com\/articles\/s41586-018-0042-1\">1038\/s41586-018-0042-1<\/a><br \/>\nThis is a rare example of an asymmetric S<sub>N<\/sub>1 reaction &#8211; normally the S<sub>N<\/sub>1 reaction is taught as giving achiral products, but in this particular case it is possible to induce chirality because the carbocation is so highly stabilized (tertiary, benzylic, and propargylic).<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The SN1 Reaction Mechanism There are two important classes of nucleophilic substitution mechanisms &#8211; the SN1 and SN2 mechanisms (See article &#8211; Two Types of <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":36094,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1414],"tags":[397,226,232,834,502,271,279],"post_folder":[],"class_list":["post-5409","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-substitution-reactions","tag-carbocations","tag-leaving-groups","tag-mechanism","tag-rates","tag-sn1","tag-sn2","tag-substitution"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>The SN1 Reaction Mechanism &#8211; Master Organic Chemistry<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The SN1 reaction goes through a two-step mechanism beginning with loss of a leaving group followed by attack of a nucleophile. 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