Question

Out of chlorobenzene and cyclohexyl chloride which one is more reactive towards neucleophic substitution reaction and why

Answer 1

Answer: Cyclohexylchloride is more reactive towards Nucleophilic Reaction than Chlorobenzene because chlorobenzene is resonance stablized.

Thus, chlorobenezene requires high temperature around 623K and high pressure to remove the chlorine from chlorobenzene and in cyclohexylchloride, the chlorine is attached to the 2° carbon,

As we know that alkyl chain are electron pushing group which will help chlorine to get removed easily.