What are some real-life applications of substitution reactions (SN1 & SN2) and elimination reactions (E1 &...

What are some real-life applications of substitution reactions (SN1 & SN2) and elimination reactions (E1 & E2)? Please be specific and detail.

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Real-life applications of substitution reactions

Fighting against Multi-Drug- Resistant ( MDR) diseases: MDR means antimicrobial resistance shown by a species of microorganism to antimicrobial drug. Hence substitution reactions are used to combat antibiotic drug resistance in modern medicine. Scientists rearrange the structure of the antibiotic through substitution while keeping the drug’s effectiveness, allowing it to work and not be recognized by the bacteria.
Use of substitution reactions in animal’s bodies: Animals can readily digest cellulose, especially cows, so there is a substitution reaction that occurs in the body with glycosidase. This allows the cellulose to be digestible and nutritious for the animal.

Real-life applications of elimination reactions

Synthesis of drug tamoxifen: Tamoxifen is an anti-estrogen antagonist which is used to treat breast cancer that is estrogen receptor positive.

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