Q) Hydroxide ion catalyses the reaction of piperdine with 2,4 - dinitroanisole but has no effect on the reaction of piperdine with 1-chloro , 2.4- dinitrobenzene. Explain why hydroxide ion acts as a catalyst in one reaction but has no effect in the other.
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			govind
					·2010-02-02 03:11:57
			
			
		in the first case OH- catalyses the reaction but in the 2nd OH- causes nucleophilic substitution reaction on benzene ring