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TS EAMCET · Chemistry · Aldehydes and Ketones

Arrange the following in the correct order of their reactivity towards nucleophilic addition reactions

  1. A I \(>\) III \(>\) IV \(>\) II
  2. B IV \(>\) II \(>\) I \(>\) III
  3. C II \(>\) III \(>\) I \(>\) IV
  4. D III \(>\) I \(>\) IV \(>\) II
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(D) III \(>\) I \(>\) IV \(>\) II

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The reactivity of a substrate towards nucleophilic addition reactions depends on the groups attached to the carbonyl carbon that affect the charge density on it. III is most reactive due to absence of electron-donating \(-\mathrm{CH}_3\) groups that are present on other…