KCET2018ChemistryHaloalkanes and Haloarenes
Tertiary alkyl halide is practically to substitution by ( S_ N 2 ) mechanism because of
Options
- AInsolubility
- BInstability
- CInductive efffect
- DSteric hindrance
Correct answer
D. Steric hindrance
Step-by-step solution
In ( S_ N 2 ) reactions, nucleophile approach to the carbon bearing the leaving group, the presence of bulky substituents inhibits the incoming nucleophile which decrease the rate of reaction, therefore, alkyl halides having bulkier substituents or higher degree alkyl halides preferably react through ( S N₁ ) path. The order of reactivity for ( S_ N 1 ) path is ( 1^ >2^ >3 )