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Q. Which of the following alkyl halides undergoes hydrolysis with aqueous $KOH$ at the fastest rate?

Haloalkanes and Haloarenes

Solution:

Aqueous KOH is alkaline in nature. These hydroxide ions act as a strong nucleophile and replace the halogen atom in an alkyl halide. This results in the formation of alcohol molecules.