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Define Walden inversion. |
| Answer» SOLUTION :The attach of nucleophile OCCURS from the back side (i.e., opposite to the side in which the HALOGEN is attacked). The carbon at which substitution occurs has inverted configuration during the course of reaction just as an UMBRELLA has tendency to invert in a WIND storm. this inversion of configuration is called walden inversion. | |