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Describe the mechanism of alcohol reacting both as nucleophiles and electrophiles in reactions.

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Solution :Alcohols as NUCLEOPHILES :

Alcohols as ELECTROPHILES :
Protonated alcohols ACT as electrophiles
`R-CH_(2)-OH+H^(+)rarr R-CH_(2)-OVERSET(+)OH_(2)`
`Br^(-)+UNDERSET(R)underset(|)CH_(2)-overset(+)OH_(2)rarr Br - underset(R)underset(|)CH_(2)+overset(+)H_(2)O`


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