JEE Main Chemistry question

An alkyl halide may be converted into an alcohol by:

(A)Addition
(B)SubstitutionCorrect
(C)Dehydrohalogenation
(D)Elimination

Answer: (B)

Solution

Converting an alkyl halide to an alcohol requires replacing the halogen with a hydroxyl group, which is accomplished by nucleophilic substitution (hydrolysis with aqueous

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