Question

The conversion of 2-methylpropan-1-ol to 2-methylpropan-2-ol is ______.

पर्याय

• addition reaction

• rearrangement reaction

• substitution reaction

• elimination reaction

Answer 1

The conversion of 2-methylpropan-1-ol to 2-methylpropan-2-ol is rearrangement reaction.

Explanation:

A rearrangement reaction occurs when 2-methylpropan-1-ol is converted to 2-methylpropan-2-ol. The carbon skeleton of a molecule is rearranged in these processes to produce a structural isomer of the original molecule. To make 2-methylpropan-2- ol, the alcohol group of 2-methylpropan-1-ol transfers from one atom to another inside the same molecule.

\[\begin{array}{cc}
\phantom{...}\ce{CH3}\phantom{........................}\ce{CH3}\\
\phantom{.}|\phantom{............................}|\\
\ce{CH3 - C - CH2 ->[Rearrangement][reaction] CH3 - C - OH}\\
\phantom{.....}|\phantom{.....}|\phantom{.......................}|\phantom{.....}\\
\phantom{..........}\ce{\underset{\text{2-methylpropan-1-ol}}{H\phantom{...}OH}}\phantom{.........}\ce{\underset{\text{2-methylpropan-2-ol}}{CH3}}
\end{array}\]