Check sibling questions

a. Name the possible alkenes which will yield 1-chloro-1-methylcyclohexane on their reaction with HCl. Write the reactions involved.

b. Allyl chloride is hydrolysed more readily than n-propyl chloride. Why?

 

Answer:

b. Allyl chloride shows high reactivity as the carbocation formed in the first step is stabilised by resonance while no such stabilisation of carbocation exists in the case of n-propyl chloride.

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