Organic Chemistry
Organic Chemistry
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ISBN: 9781305580350
Author: William H. Brown, Brent L. Iverson, Eric Anslyn, Christopher S. Foote
Publisher: Cengage Learning
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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.

Chapter 10, Problem 10.43P, The tosylate of a primary alcohol normally undergoes an SN2 reaction with hydroxide ion to give a

Propose a structural formula for this compound and a mechanism for its formation.

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