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Which would undergo SN1 reactions faster in the following pair?
CH3CH2CH2Br and CH3CHCH3
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In the SN1 reaction, the big barrier is carbocation stability. Since the first step of the SN1 reaction is the loss of a leaving group to give a carbocation, the rate of the reaction will be proportional to the stability of the carbocation. Carbocation stability increases with increasing substitution of the carbon (tertiary>secondary>primary) as well as with resonance.
CH3CH(Br)CH3 is faster than CH3CH2CH2Br.

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