Organic Chemistry
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Author: William H. Brown, Brent L. Iverson, Eric Anslyn, Christopher S. Foote
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Chapter 10, Problem 10.43P
The tosylate of a primary alcohol normally undergoes an SN2 reaction with hydroxide ion to give a primary alcohol. Reaction of this tosylate, however, gives a compound of molecular formula C7H12O.
Propose a structural formula for this compound and a mechanism for its formation.
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