Which of the following statements about substitution reactions is not correct? A
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Question
Which of the following statements about substitution reactions is not correct? A) Stability of carbocations increases as follows: tertiary rightarrow secondary rightarrow primary. B) S_N2 reaction is stereospecific. If substituted carbon is a stereocenter, it will undergo inversion of configuration. C) If enantiopure substrate undergoes S_N1 reaction, the enantiomeric excess (ee) of the product will be significantly lower than 100%. D) Chloride is a stronger nucleophile in water than in DMSO. E) Statement (A) and (D) are not correct.Explanation / Answer
Options D is the answer. This is because of the fact that, the OH- potential nucleophile than Cl. Often we come across the reactions that alkyl chlorides are hydrolysed to produce the respective alcohols also