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chlorine is most reactive towards aqueous NaOH in a methyl chloride b vinyl chloride c allyl chloride d benzyl chloride

chlorine is most reactive towards aqueous NaOH in
a methyl chloride 
b  vinyl chloride
c  allyl chloride 
d  benzyl chloride

Grade:12

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Vikas TU
14149 Points
6 years ago
Ans is methyl chloride 
It is most receptive towards watery naoh . this is a sort of nucleophilic substitution response where a nucleophile Naoh replaces cl-particle . the c-cl bond in methyl chloride is powerless when contrasted with different chlorides. Wheras in different chlorides we have halfway twofold bond character which make the bond more grounded , in this manner chloride can not be supplanted effortlessly. 

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