In 1937, who along with Sir Christopher Ingold proposed nucleophilic substitution reactions of alkyl halides and related compounds?
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Correct answer: C
Explanation
The correct answer is option 3 i.e. Edward Davies Hughes.
- In 1937, British chemist Sir Christopher Ingold and Edward Davies Hughes proposed a mechanism for the SN2 reaction, which explains the inversion of configuration and second-order kinetics observed in nucleophilic substitution reaction.
- SN2 stands for substitution, nucleophilic, bimolecular, which means that two molecules, the nucleophile and the alkyl halide, take part in the step whose kinetics are measured.