Chemistry 9701 · AS & A Level · Reaction kinetics

Reaction kinetics — practice question

A tertiary bromoalkane, shown here by $>\!\text{C-Br}$, is reacted with aqueous NaOH. The reaction route is given in the mechanism diagram below. Which point in the diagram is labelled correctly?

  • AX is $>\!\text{C}^+$
  • BX is $[\text{HO}-\text{C}-\text{Br}]^-$
  • CY is $>\!\text{C}^+$
  • DY is $[\text{HO}-\text{C}-\text{Br}]^-$

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