Give structures of theproducts you would expect when each of the following alcohol reactswith (a) HCl-ZnCl₂ (b) HBr and (c) SOCl₂.
(i) Butan-1-ol
(ii) 2-Methylbutan-2-ol

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(a)
(i)
Primaryalcohols do not react appreciably with Lucas’ reagent(HCl-ZnCl₂) at room temperature.
(ii)
Tertiaryalcohols react immediately with Lucas’ reagent.
(b)
(i)
(ii)
(c)
(i)
(ii)

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Give structures of the products you would expect when each of the following alcohol reacts with (a) HCl-ZnCl₂ (b) HBr and (c) SOCl₂.

(i) Butan-1-ol

(ii) 2-Methylbutan-2-ol

p e n t a n - 2 - o l

S O C l_{2} \to

p e n t a n - 2 - o l

C O C l_{2} ⟶

p e n t a n - 2 - o l

(A) + S O C l_{2}

P y r i d i n e - ---- \to

p e n t a n - 2 - o l

C O C l_{2}

P y r i d i n e - ---- \to

When 3-methylbutan-2-ol is treated with HBr; the following reaction takes place.

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