Manipal Medical Manipal Medical Solved Paper-2007

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    Which of the, following is least reactive in a nucleophilic substitution reaction?

    A)  \[{{(C{{H}_{3}})}_{3}}C-Cl\] 

    B)  \[C{{H}_{2}}=CHCl\]

    C)  \[C{{H}_{3}}C{{H}_{2}}Cl\]     

    D)  \[C{{H}_{2}}=CHC{{H}_{2}}Cl\]

    Correct Answer: B

    Solution :

     Chlorine of vinyl chloride\[(C{{H}_{2}}=CHCl)\]is non-reactive    (less   reactive)    towards nucleophile in nucleophilic substitution reaction because it shows the following resonating structure due to\[+M\]effect of\[-Cl\]atom. \[C{{H}_{3}}=\underset{1}{\mathop{CH}}\,-\underset{\bullet \,\,\bullet }{\overset{\bullet \,\,\bullet }{\mathop{Cl_{\bullet }^{\bullet }}}}\,\underset{{}}{\overset{{}}{\longleftrightarrow}}\overset{\delta -}{\mathop{C{{H}_{2}}}}\,-\underset{II}{\mathop{CH}}\,=\overset{\delta +}{\mathop{Cl}}\,\] In structure II,\[Cl-\]atom have positive charge and partial double bond character with C of vinyl group, so it is more tightly attracted towards the nucleus and it does not get replaced by nucleophile in\[{{S}_{N}}-\]reaction.


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