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Question: Consider the following reaction: \[C_{6}H_{5} - \overset{\overset{CH_{3}}{|}}{\underset{\underset{H...

Consider the following reaction:

C6H5CHCH3Br+H2OHOCHCH3C6H5+HBrC_{6}H_{5} - \overset{\overset{CH_{3}}{|}}{\underset{\underset{H}{|}}{C}} - Br + H_{2}O \rightarrow HO - \overset{\overset{CH_{3}}{|}}{\underset{\underset{H}{|}}{C}} - C_{6}H_{5} + HBr

The reaction proceeds with 98% racemisation. The reaction may follow.

A

SN1S_{N}1mechanism

B

SN2S_{N}2mechanism

C

E1 mechanism

D

E2 mechanism

Answer

SN1S_{N}1mechanism

Explanation

Solution

SN1S_{N}1reaction proceeds with racemisation.