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AP EAMCET · Chemistry · Carboxylic Acid Derivatives

The total number of \(\mathrm{S}_{\mathrm{N}} 2\) (nucleophilic substitution bimolecular) reactions involved in the following reaction sequence is

  1. A 3
  2. B 4
  3. C 2
  4. D 5
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(A) 3

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Total number of \(\mathrm{S}_{\mathrm{N}} 2\) reactions involved in the reaction is three. In first \(\mathrm{S}_{\mathrm{N}} 2\) reaction methoxy group is replaced by \(\mathrm{OH}\) group (i.e. \(\mathrm{CH}_3\) group replace by \(\mathrm{H}^{+}\)of \(\mathrm{HI}\) ). In…
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