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Question: Order each of the following sets of compounds with respect to reactivity:
b.
Short Answer
Answer
Step by step solution
SN2 reaction
It is a nucleophilic substitution reaction in which an old bond is broken and a new bond has formed both processes occur simultaneously. Hence, it’s a single-step reaction.
The two reacting species are involved in the rate-determining steps.
Reactivity towards SN2 reaction
As the reaction is the single-step reaction so, no intermediate is formed and occur fast with primary alkane than with secondary alkane.
SN2 occur fast with those reacting species which have best leaving group
SN2 occur fast when less steric hindrance occurs because if the steric hindrances more then reactivity get decrease.
So,
Reactivity order
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