Acids activate electrophiles. Example of acid-catalyzed bimolecular nucleophilic substitution. General paradigm for acid-catalyzed reactions.
00:00 Setting up the Uncatalyzed Reaction
01:35 Acids Activate Electrophiles
03:10 The Business Step; Turning Over the Cycle
04:44 Comparing the Catalyzed and Uncatalyzed Mechanisms
05:19 The Acid Catalysis Dance
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