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Allyl chloride is hydrolysed more readily than n-propyl chloride. Why ?

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Allyl chloride shows high reactivity as the carbocation formed by hydrolysis is stabilized by resonance while no such stabilization of carbocation exists in case of n-propyl chloride.
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    Propadiene
    B
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    C
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    D
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