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Short Answer TypeWhich would undergo SN2 reaction faster in the following pair and why?
Sn2 reactions are bimolecular with simultaneous bond-making and bond-breaking steps. Primary alkyl halides prefer to undergo SN2 reactions than tertiary alkyl halides because of less steric hindrance experienced by the approaching nucleophile.
Hence, out of the given pair, (CH3 –CH 2 – Br ) would undergo SN2 reaction faster.
Give reasons:
The presence of nitro group (–NO2) at o/p positions increases the reactivity of haloarenes towards nucleophilic substitution reactions.
Which alkyl halide from the following pair is chiral and undergoes faster SN2 reaction?
Out of SN1 and SN2, which reaction occurs with
(a) Inversion of configuration
(b) Racemisation
Draw the structure of major monohalo product in each of the following reactions:
i) 
ii)
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