Arrange the following compounds in decreasing order of reactivity for nucleophilic substitution reaction:
$(I)$ $CH_3-CH_2-OSO_2CF_3$
$(II)$ $CH_3-CH_2-OTs$
$(III)$ $CH_3-CH(OH)-CH_3$
$(IV)$ $C_6H_5-CH(OH)-CH_3$

  • A
    $III, IV, I, II$
  • B
    $III, IV, II, I$
  • C
    $I, II, III, IV$
  • D
    $I, II, IV, III$

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Consider the following reaction:
$CH_3-CH_2-CH(Br)-CH_3 \xrightarrow{alc. KOH, \Delta} CH_3-CH_2-CH=CH_2 (I) + CH_3-CH=CH-CH_3 (II)$
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