Standard aryl halides are universally fundamentally considered severely vastly less chemically reactive strictly towards bimolecular nucleophilic substitution () directly compared to standard alkyl ha

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Standard aryl halides are universally fundamentally considered severely vastly less chemically reactive strictly towards bimolecular nucleophilic substitution ($S_N2$) directly compared to standard alkyl halides. What is the explicit dominant reason?

Prashant Kotian · Accepted Answer

Correct answer: B. In standard haloarenes, the active non-bonding lone pairs explicitly present on the halogen atom smoothly natively partake in resonance with the adjacent system, heavily imparting strong partial double bond character that heavily natively strengthens the bond.

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