Question

Explain why benzyl chloride is more reactive than aryl chloride in nucleophilic substitution.

Answer 1

Answer:

Thus ,benzyl chloride is more reactive than chloro benzene.Due to resonance C-Cl bond aqlcquires double bond characters. There is electronic repulsion between chlorobenzene and approaching nucleophile also. Phenyl cation is highly unstable,hence chlorobenzene is less reactive.