Which of alkyl halides exhibits complete racemisation in SN1 reaction ?
Know your College Admission Chances Based on your Rank/Percentile, Category and Home State.
Get your JEE Main Personalised Report with Top Predicted Colleges in JoSA
All the molecules undergoing SN1 reaction shows racemisation as there is formation of 2 types of product in equal amount. Out of all these 4 alkyl halides , C6H5CH2Cl i.e benzylic chloride has the strongest tendency to undergo SN1 here thus leading to formation of racemic mixture as it contains benzylic carbocation which is most stable.
Please subscribe our Youtube channel to unlock this solution.