JEE Main 2005ChemistryHaloalkanes And HaloarenesHaloalkaneseasyMCQ

JEE Main 2005Haloalkanes And Haloarenes Question with Solution

From: AIEEE 2005

Question

Tertiary alkyl halides are practically inert to substitution by SN2 mechanism because of

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Dsteric hindrance

Step-by-step explanation

Due to steric hindrance tertiary alkyl halide do not react by mechanism they react by mechanism. mechanism is followed in case of primary and secondary alkyl halides .

The order is

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