Practice mode Alkyl Halides

An SN2 reaction at a chiral carbon results in ____.

Correct answer C. inversion of configuration

Explanation

In SN2 the nucleophile attacks from the side opposite the leaving group in a single step, flipping the molecule's configuration like an umbrella (Walden inversion).

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