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ChemistryHalogen DerivativeNUCLEOPHILIC SUBSTITUTION REACTIONS (SN1 AND SN2), SN(NEIGHBOURING GROUP PARTICIPATION), SNIMedium2 minQB
ChemistryMediumsingle choice
Arrange the compounds in increasing order of rate of reaction towards nucleophilic substitution.
(a) chlorobenzene; (b) o-nitrochlorobenzene; (c) m-nitrochlorobenzene
Options:
Answer:
C
Solution:
The ortho nitro group stabilises the substitution intermediate by resonance; meta nitro has a smaller effect than ortho.
Stream:JEESubject:ChemistryTopic:Halogen DerivativeSubtopic:NUCLEOPHILIC SUBSTITUTION REACTIONS (SN1 AND SN2), SN(NEIGHBOURING GROUP PARTICIPATION), SNI
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