Answer:
Repeated SN2 reactions occur leading to the formation of a racemic mixture
Explanation:
S-2-iodooctane is a chiral alkyl halide with an asymmetric carbon atom. The presence of an asymmetric carbon atom implies that it can rotate plane polarized light and thus lead to optical isomerism. The two configurations of the compound are R/S according to the Cahn-Prelong-Ingold system.
However, when S-2-iodooctane is treated with sodium iodide in acetone, repeated SN2 reactions occur since the iodide ion is both a good nucleophile and a good leaving group. Hence a racemic modification is formed in the system with time hence we end up with (±)- Iodooctane.
Barium chloride is salt with ionic bonds. Barium chloride contains one barium cations (charge of ion is 2+) and two chlorine anions (charge for ion is 1-).
The representative particle<span> of an ionic compound is its formula unit (</span>lowest whole number ratio of ions in an ionic compound), for barium chloride that is BaCl₂.
The answer is the first one, Xe
