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In the Finkelstein reaction is converted into using in dry acetone. The reaction goes to completion because

  1. A is insoluble in acetone while is soluble
  2. B is insoluble in dry acetone and precipitates, shifting the equilibrium
  3. Cacetone reacts with the formed
  4. D is a poorer nucleophile than , so the product cannot revert

Answer: B

dissolves in dry acetone but does not. Precipitation of removes a product from solution and drives the reversible substitution forward (Le Chatelier).
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