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Nomenclature of Coordination Compounds

Tertiary alky...

Question

Tertiary alkyl halides are particularly not substituted by $S_{N} 2$ mechanism, because of:

steric hinderance

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inductive effect

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instability

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insolubility

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Solution

The correct option is A steric hinderance
Tertiary alkyl halides are not substituted by $S_{N} 2$ mechanism. It is because of steric hinderance. They are being substituted by $S_{N} 1$ mechanism.

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