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Nucleophilic Substitution in Alkyl Halides

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tert-alkyl halides are practically inert to substitution by SN2 mechanism because of:

A

Insolubility

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Instability

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C

Inductive effect

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D

Steric hindrance

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Solution

The correct option is D
Steric hindrance

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