Assertion : tert-Butyl methyl ether reacts with $\mathrm{HBr}$ to form tert-butyl bromide and methanol.…

Assertion : tert-Butyl methyl ether reacts with $\mathrm{HBr}$ to form tert-butyl bromide and methanol. Reason : It follows $\mathrm{S}_{\mathrm{N}} 1$ mechanism.
  1. If both assertion and reason are true and reason is the correct explanation of assertion.
  2. If both assertion and reason are true but reason is not the correct explanation of assertion.
  3. If assertion is true but reason is false.
  4. If both assertion and reason are false.

Solution

If both assertion and reason are true and reason is the correct explanation of assertion.

Asked in: NEET 2016 (Phase 1)

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