JEE Main Chemistry question

The alkyl halide which does not give a white precipitate with alcoholic solution is:

(A)Ethyl chloride
(B)Allyl chloride
(C)Isopropyl chloride
(D)Vinyl chlorideCorrect

Answer: (D)

Solution

Vinyl chloride's chlorine is conjugated with the adjacent double bond by resonance, giving the bond partial double-bond character and making it essentially unreactive towards ionisation/substitution with alcoholic under these mild

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Question ID VK-148315