Arrange the following compounds in increasing order of rate of reaction towards nucleophilic substitution.
A
I<II<III
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B
II<I<III
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C
III<II<I
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D
I<III<II
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Solution
The correct option is DIII<II<I The increasing order of rate of reaction towards nucleophilic substitution is I<II<III. Methyl group (in general) increases the electron density on ortho and para positions due to combination of inductive effect (+I effect) and hyperconjugation. This effect is more when the number of methyl groups increases. This effect decreases the rate of reaction towards nucleophilic substitution.