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From AAMC 7R.
Which of the following alkyl halides is most readily prepared by a reaction between the corresponding alcohol and concentrated HCl?
A. Methyl Chloride
B. tert-Butyl Chloride
I get that protic solvent = sn1 and aprotic = sn2, but how do you know that this is carried out in a protic solvent? Couldn't the alcohol and HCl have been put in an aprotic solvent?
Which of the following alkyl halides is most readily prepared by a reaction between the corresponding alcohol and concentrated HCl?
A. Methyl Chloride
B. tert-Butyl Chloride
I get that protic solvent = sn1 and aprotic = sn2, but how do you know that this is carried out in a protic solvent? Couldn't the alcohol and HCl have been put in an aprotic solvent?