Chemistry 9701 · AS & A Level · Halogen compounds

Halogen compounds — practice question

When aqueous sodium hydroxide reacts with 1-bromopropane to form propan-1-ol, what needs to be shown in a diagram for the first step in the mechanism?

  • Aa curly arrow from a lone pair on the $\text{OH}^-$ ion to the $\text{C}^{\delta+}$ atom of 1-bromopropane
  • Ba curly arrow from the $\text{C}^{\delta+}$ atom of 1-bromopropane to the $\text{OH}^-$ ion
  • Ca curly arrow from the C-Br bond to the C atom
  • Dthe homolytic fission of the C-Br bond

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