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In the Finkelstein reaction, is heated with in dry acetone. The main product and the reason the reaction goes to completion are

  1. A; is insoluble in acetone and precipitates
  2. B; is insoluble in acetone and precipitates
  3. C; acetone supplies the hydroxyl group
  4. D; is insoluble in acetone and precipitates

Answer: D

Iodide displaces chloride by SN2, giving 1-iodopropane. dissolves in acetone but does not, so the precipitation of removes a product and drives the equilibrium forward.
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