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Observe the esterification mechanisms for primary and teriary alcohols. (+) Octan -2-ol esterifies with Acetic acid to give optically inactive racemised product. It must have gone by

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TYPE I mechanism
Type II mechanism
Mix type I and type II mechanism
more by type I and less by type II mechanism

Solution :Since (+) Octan -2-ol racemises on reaction with acetic ACID, therefore it MUST have GONE through an `S_(N)1` reaction i.e., type II reaction


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