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If the primary alcohol ethanol is subjected to sulfuric acid, an SN2 substitution would occur instead and diethyl ether would be formed. Write a mechanism explaining in detail the movement of electrons in the SN2 substitution.
Predict the mechanism, SN1 or SN2, by which the following substitution reactions take place:
Part A
(CH3)3CBr+CH3CH2OHâ(CH3)3COCH2CH3+HBr
A) SN1
B) SN2
Part B
CH3CH2CH2OH+NH3âCH3CH2CH2NH2+H2O