Organic Chemistry (8th Edition)

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Chapter 6 - Alkyl Halides: Nucleophilic Substitution and Elimination - Problems - Page 257: Problem 6-27 a

Answer

The mechanism will be predominantly SN1 because the carbon with Cl is a tertiary carbon, which is much more likely to undergo SN1 than SN2.

Work Step by Step

Also, nucleophile is not very strong. SN2 requires strong nucleophile while SN1 can still happen with weak nucleophile.
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