Allyl chloride is a .............. compound while vinyl chloride is inert towards nucleophilic substitution.

reactive

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mildly reactive

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not reactive

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netural

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Solution

The correct option is A reactive
Allyl Chloride forms a stable carbocation due to resonating structure of the ion formed. Now a nucleophile can attack on the electron deficient carbon atom leading to nucleohilic substitution of chloride ion.

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