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  4. Tertiary alkyl halide is practically inert to substitution by SN2 mechanism because of

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Q. Tertiary alkyl halide is practically inert to substitution by $S_N2$ mechanism because of

KCETKCET 2018Haloalkanes and Haloarenes

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In tertiary alkyl halides steric hindrance does not allow substitution by $S_N2$ mechanism in which the nucleophile attacks on the carbon atom and the reaction takes place in single step.