DAT Orgo question

[pandalove89]

For #175 in the 2011 DAT destroyer


What do an E1 and SN1 have in common

a) rate law
b) both share the same carbocation
c) both are favored by 3 prime substrates
d) two of these
e) all of these


I put d because I believed that they have the same rate law and both favored by 3 prime substrates. However, the book says that it is all.

How can E1 and SN1 have a carbocation? I thought only SN2 and E2 reactions formed a carbocation. Don't E1 and SN1 reactions happen to fast to even produce a carbocation?

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[herkulease]

you're have it reversed

sn2/e2 happen very quickly not e1/sn1.

 

[pandalove89]

you're have it reversed

sn2/e2 happen very quickly not e1/sn1.

rawr!!! I think all this studying is making me delusional.


Thanks man.