JEE Main 2006 Chemistry question

The increasing order of the rate of HCN addition to compounds A – D is (A) HCHO (B) (C) (D) PhCOPh

Answer: (3)

Solution

Nucleophilic addition is slowed by electron-donating and bulky groups, and by phenyl groups (conjugation reduces the

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