Br H20 1

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Draw both the SN1 and E1 products of attached reaction.

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Step 1: Sn1 product

SN1 reaction is substitution nucleophilic unimolecular.

In this type of reaction there are two steps involved in which formation of carbocation is an intermediate step and also the rate determining step. Bond breaks between the leaving group and the organic moiety such that the bond pair of electrons are drawn towards leaving group resulting in carbocation.

Now the attack of nucleophile on carbocation takes place quickly. 

The reaction is:

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Mechanism:

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The product formed is 1-methylcyclohexanol.

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