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ChemistryOrganic Chemistry - Some Basic Principles and TechniquesJEE Main

Which chlorine atom bears the greatest partial negative charge (is "most electronegative" in effect) in the series of increasingly alkyl-substituted chlorides shown?

Answer: (C)

Solution

Each additional alkyl group attached to the carbon bearing chlorine donates electron density toward it by the +I effect; cumulative

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