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Interpretation:
The major product for the reaction shown is to be identified.
Concept Introduction:
In general,
Primary alkyl halides are less crowded at the site of substitution than secondary and tertiary alkyl halides, and thus, react faster in substitution by
For
Nucleophile attacks carbon atoms from a side opposite bond to a leaving group, and hence, inversion of configuration takes place in
Exchange of two groups in a Fischer projection reverses the configuration of the chirality center.
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