Transcript Nucleophilic substitution at saturated carbon atom in haloalkanes

An electron deficient saturated carbon centre, such as those carbon
atom attached to a very electronegative atom, e.g. halogen, oxygen or
nitrogen atom. Is highly susceptible to nucleophlie attack. The general
mechanism for nucleophilic substitustion reaction at saturated carbon
atom is as followed:
Since the carbon centre is
saturated, the bonded
electrons of C─X bond is
completely loses to the X
leaving group
Nu:
C
Nucleophile donates it
lone pair of electron to
the electron deficient
carbon atom to form a
bond with it
X
Nu
C
The X atom is replaced by a Nu, a
Nucleophilic substitution reaction
:X