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Which of the following are hydrolysed to the corresponding alcohol by warm aqueous NaOH (about ) without special conditions?

  1. Abenzyl chloride,
  2. Ballyl chloride,
  3. Cchlorobenzene
  4. Dvinyl chloride,

Answer: A, B

Benzyl and allyl halides give resonance-stabilised cations or activated SN2 transition states. In chlorobenzene and vinyl chloride the C-Cl bond has partial double-bond character (the C is sp2 and Cl lone pair donates), so they resist hydrolysis.
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