AP EAMCET201921 Apr 2019Morning ShiftChemistryHaloalkanes and HaloarenesActual
What are X and Y in the following reaction sequence?
Correct answer
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Step-by-step solution
The given reaction occurs as follows : In the above reaction, 2^ haloalkane reacts with KCN via S _ N 2 mechanism due to less steric hinderance and we get 2-methyl butane nitrile (X) with inversion in structure. On hydrolysis of (X) , we get 2-methyl butanoic acid (Y) having inverted structure as that of haloalkane. Thus,