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ChemistryJEE Main 21 Jan 2026, Shift 2·Q9·MCQ·Moderate

Haloalkanes & Haloarenes · Nucleophilic substitution of benzyl halides

The correct order of reactivity of the following benzyl halides towards reaction with KCN is:
  1. (1)a >> b >> c >> d
  2. (2)b >> a >> d >> c
  3. (3)b >> a >> c >> d
  4. (4)a >> b >> d >> c
We corrected a printing error in the original paper

Option (4): source printed “a >> b >> d >> d” (c missing, d twice); corrected to the intended “a >> b >> d >> c” (“a >> b >> c >> d” is already option (1)).

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