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Q. The following compound on hydrolysis in aqueous acetone will give:
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Haloalkanes and Haloarenes

Solution:

The product (K) is formed through simple nucleophilic substitution while the major product (L) is formed through $1,2 -H^{\Theta}$ shift viz $S_{N}1$ reaction and the methoxy group stabilizes the carbocation intermediate of product (L).
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The mechanism of this reaction is represented as follows.
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