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Q. Which of the following is least reactive towards $S_{N} 2$ mechanism?

Haloalkanes and Haloarenes

Solution:

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will be last reactive in $S _{ N } 2$ reaction because the planar transition state involved in this case would be extremly unstable because of ring strain in three membered ring is very high.