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Predict the compound in the following pair that will undergoes solvolysis (in aqueous ethanol) more rapidly.

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It is the reaction in which water molecules donates its lone pair of electrons to the antibonding molecular orbital of the group. It is a neucleophilic substitution in which the leaving group is replaced by -OH group in the final stage.

Step-by-step explanation:

Solvoylsis is the ionization of the molecule made by the solvent in this case the solvent is ethanol( CHCH2OH). Hence, in this all the compound from a to f form the most stable cation.

The compound (CH3)3C-CL undergo solcolysis rapidly because it will form tertiary carbocation. Chlorobutane undergo solvolysis directly. Then bromocyclohexane undergo solvolysis rapidly since it forms secondary reaction.

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