Solvent Guide

How solvents shape organic reactions: protic, polar aprotic, and nonpolar classes, what each does to substitution and elimination, and the properties that matter.

  • Protic, polar aprotic, and nonpolar solvents compared
  • How solvent choice steers SN1/SN2/E1/E2 outcomes
  • Polarity, boiling point, and common uses
  • Cross-linked to reagents and the substitution/elimination concepts