Talk:SNi

Um... there's a flaw here in that if the reaction proceeded through a pure Sn1 type carbocation, stereochemical information would be lost... I don't think the truth is as purely ionic as it looks here... Anyone have a better explanation; feel free to add it. Also the mechanism shown is wrong, it states there is an inversion of stereochemistry but this doesn't occur, SOCL2 is used explicity to ensure retention. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.45.104.80 (talk) 18:48, 22 May 2008 (UTC)

Also, the 1,4-dioxane magically converts to tetrahydropyran in the left reaction branch. --88.67.195.84 (talk) 00:42, 23 January 2021 (UTC)