MHT CET 2026 Chemistry question

Which of the following alkyl halides is hydrolyzed most rapidly by the mechanism?

(A)Correct
(B)
(C)
(D)

Answer: (A)

Solution

is a one-step backside attack by the nucleophile, and its rate falls as steric crowding around the carbon bearing the halogen increases. With the same halogen (Br), the order of reactivity is ,

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