Question

Between chlorobenzene and benzyl chloride which is more reactive towards nucleophilic substitution reactions and why

Answer 1

Answer:

Benzyl chloride is much more reactive than chlorobenzene because of the formation of the benzyl carbonium ion, C6H5-CH2(+). The (+)-charge is distributed into three carbons of the benzene ring by resonense. Thus, due to the positive charge, it is more reactive towards