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Which of the following statements about the stereochemistry of substitution at a chiral secondary carbon are correct?

  1. A inverts the spatial arrangement at the reacting carbon.
  2. BInversion of configuration always changes the R/S label.
  3. C of an optically pure halide gives mostly a racemic product.
  4. D without any base converts a chiral secondary alcohol into the chloride with retention ().

Answer: A, C, D

gives Walden inversion; proceeds through a planar cation and gives mostly racemisation; alone gives retention through the internal ion-pair (). The label of inverted product may stay the same if the CIP priority order changes, so statement (b) is false.
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