In alkaline hydrolysis of a tertiary alkyl halide by aqueous alkali, if concentration of alkali is doubled , then the reaction rate at constant temperature

Options

(a) will be doubled
(b) will remain constant
(c) will be halved
(d) will be tripled

Correct Answer:

will remain constant

Explanation:

Tertiary alkyl halides undergo S(N)1 mechanism. Here the rate depends only on the concentration of the substrate..