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Q. Alkyl halides undergoing substitution nucleophilic bimolecular reaction involves

J & K CETJ & K CET 2010Haloalkanes and Haloarenes

Solution:

Substitution nucleophilic bimolecular reaction occurs as
From the mechanism given above, it is obvious that such reaction involves inversion of configuration, ie, involves back side attack.

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