A polar protic solvent stabilises carbocations but not nucleophiles, thus favours SN1.
Answer
FALSE
Solution
Polar protic solvents (water, alcohols) solvate the nucleophile strongly, slowing SN2, but stabilise the carbocation intermediate in SN1.
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Subject: Chemistry · Chapter: Haloalkanes and Haloarenes · Topic: Nucleophilic Substitution
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