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DefinitionChemistryElectron-pair arrows in polar mechanisms

Curved arrows record proposed changes in electron-pair bonding.

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Electron-pair arrows in polar mechanisms

Chemistry

Curved arrows record proposed changes in electron-pair bonding.

Key knowledge

In polar-mechanism notation, a full-headed curved arrow starts at an electron pair or bond and ends where that pair forms a bond or becomes a lone pair. Nucleophiles donate electron pairs and electrophiles accept them in the described step.

Conditions and scope

  • Arrows are electron bookkeeping in a proposed mechanism, not measured electron trajectories.
  • A full-headed arrow represents a pair; radical mechanisms require different single-electron notation. Charge and atom balance must be maintained.
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  1. Organic Chemistry, 6.3: Polar ReactionsJohn McMurry — OpenStax, Rice UniversityTextbook chapteropenstax.orgRead source

Evidence and review

Inspected polar-reaction pair arrows and nucleophile/electrophile descriptions.

2026-10-10 · Checked arrow origin/destination and pair scope; no synthesis instructions.

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    • In polar-mechanism notation, a full-headed curved arrow starts at an electron pair or bond and ends where that pair forms a bond or becomes a lone pair. Nucleophiles donate electron pairs and electrophiles accept them in the described step.

    Pair arrows describe proposed polar steps, rather than just a net transformation.

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    • An SN2 step forms a bond to a nucleophile as the leaving group departs through one transition state. Backside approach gives inversion of tetrahedral geometry at the reacting centre. In the simple bimolecular regime, rate=k[substrate][nucleophile]; steric accessibility, nucleophile, leaving group and solvent affect the rate.

    The polar step is represented by electron-pair arrows.

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    • In carbocation-mediated addition of HX to an alkene, protonation creates an intermediate that a nucleophile subsequently captures. Regiochemical preference often reflects formation of the better stabilized carbocation; rearrangement can change connectivity. Radical or concerted additions follow different mechanistic rules.

    Polar addition is described by donating and accepting electron pairs.

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    • A nucleophile adds to the electrophilic carbonyl carbon while the π electron pair moves toward oxygen, forming a tetrahedral intermediate. Proton transfers can yield an alcohol-type adduct or permit further transformations. Steric and electronic effects influence reactivity; acid activation changes the relevant nucleophile and sequence.

    Carbonyl addition uses polar electron-pair bookkeeping.

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    • A radical chain has initiation steps that generate radicals, propagation steps that transform reactants while regenerating a radical carrier, and termination steps that consume carriers. Homolytic bond changes use single-electron bookkeeping. Relative propagation rates and termination influence yield and selectivity.

    Single-electron arrows differ from polar pair arrows.

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