Which of the following compounds will show retention in configuration on nucleophile substitution by OH -…

Which of the following compounds will show retention in configuration on nucleophile substitution by OH-ion ?

Solution

Option 1,2 and 3 have chiral carbon in which inversion of configuration takes place during SN2 reaction but 4th option has achiral carbon associated with halogen  group so it will show retention after substitution reaction.

Asked in: JEE Main 2020 (02 Sep Shift 1)

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