Question

Give the structure of the product you would expect when the following alcohol reacts with HCl–ZnCl₂.

2-Methylbutan-2-ol

Answer 1

\[\begin{array}{cc}
\ce{CH3}\phantom{......................................................}\ce{CH3}\phantom{..}\\
|\phantom{............................................................}|\phantom{......}\\
\ce{CH3 - C - CH2CH3 + HCl_{(conc.)}->[ZnCl2]CH3 - C - CH2CH3}\\
|\phantom{............................................................}|\phantom{......}\\
\phantom{..}\ce{\underset{2-methylbutane-2-ol}{OH}\phantom{...................................}\ce{\underset{2-chloro-2-methylbutane}{Cl}}}\phantom{...}\
\end{array}\]