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Question
Why haloarenes are not reactive towards nucleophilic substitution reaction? Give two reactions.
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Solution
Haloarenes are not reactive towards nucleophilic substitution reactions because of two reasons:
- The difference in the hybridisation of carbon atoms is the bond.
- Instability of phenyl cation.
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