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Question
A primary alkyl halide would prefer to undergo ______.
Options
SN1 reaction
SN2 reaction
∝-elimination
Racemisation
MCQ
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Solution
A primary alkyl halide would prefer to undergo SN2 reaction.
Explanation:
Primary alkyl halides undergo SN2 mechanisms because 1° substrates have little steric hindrance to nucleophilic attack and 1° carbocations are relatively unstable.
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