Organic Chemistry (8th Edition)

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Chapter 6 - Alkyl Halides: Nucleophilic Substitution and Elimination - Problems - Page 257: Problem 6-29a

Answer

Iodine leaves first to form carbocation. Then one methyl on the 2nd carbon shifts to the 3rd carbon. Then H2O attacks and deprotonation take place to form the product.

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