MHT CET Chemistry question

Chemistry Haloalkanes and Haloarenes MHT CET

Tertiary butyl bromide is hydrolysed by aqueous KOH. When the concentration of KOH is increased, the rate of reaction [MH CET 2002]

(A)Increases
(B)Decreases
(C)Remains the sameCorrect
(D)Gets doubled

Answer: (C)

Solution

Hydrolysis of a tertiary halide is SN1: the rate = k[t-BuBr] depends only on the halide, so

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Question ID VK-043735