Question

How will you carry out the following conversion?

2-bromopropane to propan-2-ol

Answer 1

2-bromopropane is converted to propan-2-ol by heating it with aqueous KOH, resulting in substitution of bromine by a hydroxyl group.

\[\begin{array}{cc}
\ce{Br\phantom{.........................}OH\phantom{.......}}\\
|\phantom{...........................}|\phantom{.........}\\
\ce{\underset{2-bromopropane}{CH3-CH-CH3} + KOH->[Δ][] \underset{propan-2-ol}{CH3-CH-CH3} + KBr}
\end{array}\]