Interaction | Reaction | Process     Data Page

tertiary butanol + conc. HCl forms tertiary butyl chloride (and water) by an SN1 mechanism: protonated alcohol, trialkyl carbenium ion, alkyl chloride.
(CH3)3COH
  +  
HCl(conc)
         
  +  
H2O
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tertiary Butanol     Reactions Using    Reactions Forming
Hydrochloric acid, concentrated     Reactions Using    Reactions Forming
2-Chloro-2-methylpropane     Reactions Using    Reactions Forming
Water     Reactions Using    Reactions Forming

Interaction, Reaction, Process defined as:
British A-Level Chemistry: A2
Functional Group Interconvertion
Substitution: Nucleophilic First Order

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