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Which of the following compounds will give racemic mixture on nucleophilic substitution by OH^(-) ion- (a) CH_(3)-underset(C_(2)H_(5))underset(|)(C)HBr (b) CH_(3)underset(C_2H_5)underset(|)overset(Br)overset(|)(C)-CH_(3) (c) CH_(3)underset(C_2H_5)underset(|)(C)H-CH_(2)Br.

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(a)
(a),(B),(c)
(b),(c)
(a),(c)

Solution :Hint: The compound (a) CONTAINS a chiral carbon attached to HALOGEN, so it reacts with `OH^(-)` to FORM racemic alcohol.


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