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5.41 The reaction of 2.2-dimethyl-l-propanol (CH3),CCH,OH, also known by the common name neopentyl alcohol, with HBr is very slow and gives 2-bromo-2-methylbutane as the major product HBr Br OH 65°C Give a mechanistic explanation for these observations ( a ssuming that the mate da 5 42

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