Allyl chloride is hydrolyzed more readily than n-propyl chloride. Explain.
Answer :
Allyl chloride undergoes ionization readily to produce resonance stabilized allyl carbocation. Allyl carbocation being
reactive in nature combines with OH− ions to give allyl alcohol.
On the other hand, n-propyl chloride does not undergo ionization to produce n-propyl carbocation. Hence, allyl chloride is hydrolyzed more readily than n-propyl chloride.