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Which of the following statements are correct?

  1. AIn with in acetone, the order of reactivity is .
  2. BIn solvolysis in aqueous ethanol, the order of reactivity is .
  3. CIn with iodide, reacts faster than .
  4. DBenzyl chloride can react by both and paths, whereas chlorobenzene reacts by neither under ordinary conditions.

Answer: A, B, D

is retarded by steric crowding, giving methyl primary secondary. follows carbocation stability, giving tertiary secondary primary. C-I is the weakest carbon-halogen bond and iodide is the best leaving group, so (c) is wrong. Benzyl chloride forms a resonance-stabilised cation yet is also unhindered, while chlorobenzene is inert.
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