JEE Main Chemistry question

-Butyl chloride preferably undergoes hydrolysis by

(A) mechanismCorrect
(B) mechanism
(C)Any of (A) and (B)
(D)None of the above

Answer: (A)

Solution

-Butyl chloride is a tertiary halide; the bulky tertiary carbon strongly resists backside nucleophilic attack required for , but it readily ionises to form a highly stabilised

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Question ID VK-148068