

Solution
The reaction between 3-methylbutan-2-ol and is explained below.
In the first step, group is protonated. In the second step, a molecule of water is lost to form secondary carbocation. Third step is the rearrangement of less stable secondary carbocation to more stable tertiary carbocation through hydride ion shift. Final step is the nucleophilic attack of bromide ion on tertiary carbocation to form 2-bromo-2-methylbutane as shown below.

Asked in: NEET 2023 (All India)
Practice more Alcohols Phenols and Ethers questions on Aicharya


