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alcohol with HBr

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cyclopentanol reacts with HBrconsiderably faster than cyclohaxanol does.why?

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Madhusudan Chavan

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9 Feb 2012 18:58:27 IST

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I have not come across such reaction, however the reaction being SN2 less hinderance in cyclopentanol as compared to cyclohexnol may be the reason.

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