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Interpretation:
The two stereoisomeric substitution products formed by the hydrolysis of
Concept introduction:
The nucleophilic substitution reaction of secondary and tertiary
The
The formation of carbocation is the rate determining step in an
The nucleophile can attacks from either face of planar carbocation in an
There is a chance of formation of a racemic mixture to give a mixture of stereoisomers by the hydrolysis of optically active alkyl halide in an
The stereoisomers have same connectivity of atoms but the three dimensional spatial arrangement of substituents at a chirality center is different.
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