Substitution

A substitution is a reaction in which a ligand in an organic molecule is replaced with another ligand.

eg. 1:

eg. 2:

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see also nucleophilic substitution, electrophilic substitution, allylic substitution

Contributors and Attributions

• Gamini Gunawardena from the OChemPal site (Utah Valley University)