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Assertion : Rate of hydrolysis of methyl chloride to methanol is higher in than in water.Reason : Hydrolysis of methyl chloride follows second order kinetics.

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  2. B
    (b)
  3. C
    (c)
  4. D
    (d)

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Hydrolysis of methyl chloride follows (second order) kinetics. reactions are favored by polar aprotic solvents like (Dimethylformamide) because they increase the rate by raising the ground state energy of the nucleophile. Both assertion and reason are true and the reason provides the mechanistic context for why the solvent choice affects the rate.

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Assertion : Rate of hydrolysis of methyl chloride to methanol is higher in than in water.Reason : Hydrolysis of methyl chloride follows second order kinetics.
A
(a)
B
(b)
C
(c)
D
(d)

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