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ChemistryHalogen DerivativeNUCLEOPHILIC SUBSTITUTION REACTIONS (SN1 AND SN2), SN(NEIGHBOURING GROUP PARTICIPATION), SNIMedium2 minQB
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Which of the following compounds undergoes replacement of -Cl by -OH by merely warming the compound with aqueous NaOH :

Options:
Answer:
D
Solution:
The compound in option D is an aryl halide with strong electron-withdrawing groups, activating it for nucleophilic aromatic substitution (SNAr) under mild conditions.
Stream:JEESubject:ChemistryTopic:Halogen DerivativeSubtopic:NUCLEOPHILIC SUBSTITUTION REACTIONS (SN1 AND SN2), SN(NEIGHBOURING GROUP PARTICIPATION), SNI
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