TRUE/FALSE: Comment on and/or correct each of these statements for credit on thi

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TRUE/FALSE: Comment on and/or correct each of these statements for credit on this T/F section. a.Competing SN2 and E2 reactions can have a common carbocationic intermediate b· Iodide and Bromide ions are both betterleavinggroups than Chloride or Fluoride ions. C. of a weak one like water. d, Tertiary alkyl halides can undergo a competing SN2 reaction if a strong nucleophile such as hydroxide is used instead of a weak one like water. The distribution of products of elimination-regardless of El or E2 mechanism-is based on the stability of the alkenes. e.

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a. false ( no intermediate in SN2 and E2, only transition state).

b. true.

c. false.

d. false.

e. True.

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