Tertiary alkyl halide is practically $inert$ to substitution by $S_{N}2$ mechanism because of:

  • A
    Insolubility
  • B
    Instability
  • C
    Inductive effect
  • D
    Steric hindrance

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Consider the following reactions:
$(a) \; (CH_3)_3CCH(OH)CH_3 \xrightarrow{conc. H_2SO_4} $
$(b) \; (CH_3)_2CHCH(Br)CH_3 \xrightarrow{alc. KOH} $
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