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Grade 12Organic Chemistry

what type of neucleophilic substitution will take place in 1degree alcohol with HX if beta carbon is hindered???

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9 Years agoGrade 12
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Profile image of Vikas TU
9 Years ago
SN1 nucleophillic substitution Reaction would take place .
The polar protic solvent must be present this is the must condtion and it is directly proprtional to the delta positve charge on Carbon and inversely prop. to the steric crowding at alpha carbon.