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Write `SN^(2)` mechanism of the conversion of methyl chloride to methyl alcohol.

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When methyl bromide undergoes hydrolysis with aqueous potassium hydroxide, methyl alcohol is formed.
`CH_(3) - Br+ KOH to CH_(3)- OH+KBr` This mechanism involves only one step.
(b) (i) Resonance effect : haloarenes are resonance stabilized with halogen carbon- double bond.
(ii) Hybridization : Carton in haloarene is `sp2` hybridized which has more s- characrer and can hold the electron pair of `C-X` more tightly than `sp3` carbon in haloalkanes.
(iii) Instability of phenyl cation : Phenyl cation is not resonance stabilized.
( c ) Carbon atom bonded to four different atoms or groups.
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