Q: Typically, increasing the concentration of the nucleophile of an SN1 reaction has no impact on the rate of the reaction. The reason for this is that
A) Since the nucleophile is not involved in the rate-determining step, changes in its concentration typically have no impact on the rate of reaction.
B) An SN1 reaction is a two-step process; the overall reaction rate is determined by the rate of formation of the carbanion intermediate.
C) An SN1 reaction is a multi-step process; the overall reaction rate is determined by the rate of formation of the carbocation intermediate.
D) Since the nucleophile is involved only in the second rate-determining step, changes in its concentration typically have impact on the rate of reaction.