MCQEasyJEE Main 2025 · 29 January, Shift 2SN1 & SN2 Reactions

Chemistry Question from JEE Main 2025 · 29 January, Shift 2

Which among the following halides will generate the most stable carbocation in a nucleophilic substitution reaction?

  • A
    Allyl bromide: a three-carbon chain with a terminal carbon-carbon double bond and a bromine on the saturated end carbon.
  • B
    Benzyl bromide: a benzene ring attached to a CH2 group that carries a bromine atom.
  • C
    3-bromocyclohex-1-ene: a cyclohexene ring with a bromine on the carbon adjacent to the double bond.
  • D
    Triphenylmethyl bromide: a central carbon bonded to bromine and to three phenyl groups.

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