Which of the following statements is correct for optically active alkyl halides, upon reaction with nucleophiles ?

Answer

B

Explanation

If an asymmetric carbon atom is not able to retain its spatial arrangement during a chemical reaction is known as inversion. Which occurs during `S_(N)` 2 reaction. The nuicleophile attacks the C-X bond of an alkly halide by the backside and so the configuration of molecule gets inverted.

While in `S_(N)1` mixture of both the types are obtained and is called recemisation.