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Grade 11Organic Chemistry

Arrange in decreasing reactivity: 2chloroethanal, 2nitroethanal,ethanal,propanal

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12 Years agoGrade 11
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Profile image of Sunil Kumar FP
12 Years ago
reactivity by a nucleophile follows the order
2chloroethnal>2nitroethnal>ethnal>propanal
reason-electronegativity of chlorine,nitro is electron withdrawing group
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