Statement I: Treatment of HOCH2CH2Br with OH− in H2O gives mainly 
Statement II: O− acts as a nucleophile in the reaction
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 1
The correct answer is option 1. Both statement I and statement II are correct and statement II is the correct explanation of statement I
Statement I: Treatment of HOCH2CH2Br with OH− in H2O gives mainly
Statement II: O− acts as a nucleophile in the reaction.
The reaction takes place by neighbouring group participation in a nucleophilic substitution reaction. Here, O− acts as a nucleophile, the mechanism is given below:
