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Question
Give the structure of the product you would expect when the following alcohol reacts with HBr.
2-Methylbutan-2-ol
Solution
\[\begin{array}{cc}
\phantom{.}\ce{CH3}\phantom{...........................}\ce{CH3}\phantom{.........}\\
|\phantom{..............................}|\phantom{...........}\\
\ce{CH3 - C - CH2CH3 + HBr->[\Delta]CH3 - C - CH2CH3 + H2O}\\
|\phantom{..............................}|\phantom{...........}\\
\phantom{.}\ce{OH}\phantom{....................}\ce{\underset{2-bromo-2-methylbutane}{Br}}\phantom{..}\
\end{array}\]
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