concerted bimolecular elimination
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A concerted bimolecular elimination is a type of organic chemical reaction characterized by second-order kinetics. This means the reaction rate depends on the concentration of both the substrate and the eliminating agent. These reactions occur readily when powerful nucleophiles are present.12
A favored stereochemical course for this reaction is trans-elimination, which requires a specific geometry where the eliminated units are on opposite sides of the molecule in the starting material. This process is a principal way saturated organic compounds are transformed into unsaturated compounds containing double or triple carbon-carbon bonds.12
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