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I never understood the difference between the two. I've looked up the definitions for both and it seems that a strong base would be a strong nucleophile and a strong nucleophile would always be a strong base. My prep book states that Sn2 rxns are favored by strong nucleophiles and E2 rxns are favored by strong bases. What is the difference and why?
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