JEE Main Chemistry question
How many of the following alkyl halides will readily undergo Walden inversion when hydrolysed using aqueous alkali? (seven structures, I–VII, including straight-chain, branched, allylic, benzylic and aryl-substituted halides)
Answer: 3
Solution
Walden inversion (clean stereochemical inversion at the reacting carbon) is observed specifically in substrates reacting by the bimolecular mechanism — typically simple, unhindered primary and some secondary
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