Given below are two statements:

Statement-I: The conversion proceeds well in the less polar medium.

Statement-II: The conversion proceeds well in the more polar medium.

(a) Both statement I and s

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Given below are two statements:

Statement-I: The conversion proceeds well in the less polar medium.

Statement-II: The conversion proceeds well in the more polar medium.

(a) Both statement I and statement II are true
(b) Both statement I and statement II are false
(c) Statement I is false but statement II is true
(d) Statement I is true but statement II is false

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Statement I — SN2 with OH⁻:

Reactants: charged (OH⁻, high charge density)
Transition state:  — charge dispersed (lower charge density)

A less polar solvent better stabilises the dispersed-charge TS relative to the concentrated-charge reactant → reaction proceeds faster in less polar medium → ✅ TRUE

Statement II — Menshutkin reaction (SN2):

Reactants: neutral (low charge density)
Transition state: charge developing (higher charge density)
Products: ionic (highest charge density)

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