Question
Question: Consider the following reaction: \[C_{6}H_{5} - \overset{\overset{CH_{3}}{|}}{\underset{\underset{H...
Consider the following reaction:
C6H5−H∣C∣CH3−Br+H2O→HO−H∣C∣CH3−C6H5+HBr
The reaction proceeds with 98% racemisation. The reaction may follow.
A
SN1mechanism
B
SN2mechanism
C
E1 mechanism
D
E2 mechanism
Answer
SN1mechanism
Explanation
Solution
SN1reaction proceeds with racemisation.