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Which of the following compounds will give a racemic mixture on nucleophilic substitution by OH^{-} ion?

(i) (a)

(ii) (a), (b), (c)

(iii) (b), (c)

(iv) (a), (c)

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(a) As the alkyl halide in it contains asymmetric carbon, therefore, a mixture of an enantiomer is formed during the S_N1 reaction.

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