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Which compound is most likely to follow second-order kinetics in a substitution reaction? (ch3)2chbr ch3ch2br (ch3)3cch2br ch3br?

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Substitution reaction monitors second-order kinetics; that is, the degree of the reaction hinge on on the concentration of two first-order reactants. In the circumstance of bimolecular nucleophilic substitution, these two reactants are the nucleophile and the haloalkane. So for this problem, the answer is ch3br.

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