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Q. Which of the following reacts fastest with a mixture of anhydrous $ ZnC{{l}_{2}} $ and conc. $ HCl $ ?

KEAMKEAM 2004

Solution:

Reactivity order of alcohols towards $ ZnC{{l}_{2}} $ and conc. $ HCl $ is ter. Alcohol > sec alcohol > pri alcohol Trimethyl carbinol is $ C{{H}_{3}}\underset{\begin{smallmatrix} | \\ C{{H}_{3}} \end{smallmatrix}}{\overset{\begin{smallmatrix} C{{H}_{3}} \\ | \end{smallmatrix}}{\mathop{C}}}\,OH $ . It is tertiary alcohol.