Solvolysis
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Organic Chemistry Question.
1) The nucleophilic solvolysis of tertiary alkyl halides occurs in the presence of hard or soft nucleophile.
a) What is the meaning terms solvolysis tertiary halides, hard and soft in the sentence above,give an example as appropriate.

b)Why the size of the nucleophile influences wether a tertiary alkyl halide gives a substitution product.
What changes would you make to the reaction (conditions/reagent) to obtain (3)as the major product?




CH3CH3=CH2

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