NEET-XII-Chemistry
02: Alcohols, Phenols and Ethers
- #6Give structures of the products you would expect when each of the following alcohol reacts with (a ) HCl-ZnCl2 (b) HBr and (c) ``\ce{SOCl2}``.
(i ) Butan-1-ol
(ii) 2-Methylbutan-2-ol
Ans : (a)
(i)

Primary alcohols do not react appreciably with Lucas’ reagent (HCl-ZnCl2) at room temperature.
(ii)

Tertiary alcohols react immediately with Lucas’ reagent.
(b)
(i)

(ii)

(c)
(i)

(ii)
