The Rate-Determining Step in the Following Reaction Is Displacement of Water

question 59

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The rate-determining step in the following reaction is displacement of water from the protonated alcohol by the bromide ion. $\mathrm{CH}_{3} \mathrm{CH}_{2} \mathrm{CH}_{2} \mathrm{CH}_{2} \mathrm{OH}+\mathrm{HBr} \stackrel{\text { heat }}{\longrightarrow} \mathrm{CH}_{3} \mathrm{CH}_{2} \mathrm{CH}_{2} \mathrm{CH}_{2} \mathrm{Br}+\mathrm{H}_{2} \mathrm{O}$

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