CBSE 2023 · Region 4 · Set 1 · Q27 · 3 marks
Account for the following :(a)Benzyl chloride is highly reactive towards $\displaystyle \mathrm{S}_{\mathrm{N}} 1$ reaction.(b)(±)-Butan-$\displaystyle 2$-ol is optically inactive, though it contains a chiral carbon atom.(c)Chloroform is stored in closed dark coloured bottles.
Account for the following :
(a)
Benzyl chloride is highly reactive towards $\displaystyle \mathrm{S}_{\mathrm{N}} 1$ reaction.
(b)
(±)-Butan-$\displaystyle 2$-ol is optically inactive, though it contains a chiral carbon atom.
(c)
Chloroform is stored in closed dark coloured bottles.
Marking-scheme solution
(a) Due to the resonance stabilisation of benzyl carbocation.
(b) Because it is a racemic mixture / it contains an equimolar mixture of the two enantiomers of Butan-$\displaystyle 2$-ol.
(c) Because it forms a poisonous gas phosgene in presence of air and light.
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