Given below are two statements: one is labelled as Assertion (A) and the other is…

Chemistry · NEET · NTA ExamsHaloalkanes and Haloarenes

Given below are two statements: one is labelled as Assertion (A) and the other is labelled as Reason (R).

Assertion (A): SN2 reaction of an optically active aryl halide with an aqueous solution of KOH always gives an alcohol with opposite sign of rotation.
Reason (R): SN2 reaction always proceed with inversion of configuration.
In the light of the above statements, choose the most appropriate answer from the options given below:

  1. (A) is correct but (R) is not correct
  2. (A) is not correct but (R) is correct
  3. Both (A) and (R) are correct and (R) is the correct explanation of (A)
  4. Both (A) and (R) are corret but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A)

Answer

(B) (A) is not correct but (R) is correct

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