Keywords: 2-water-leaves-protonated-tBuOH-2D-skeletal.png Reaction mechanism of the nucleophilic substitution of tert-butanol by hydrogen chloride Step 2 Protonated tert-butanol loses H<sub>2</sub>O to form the tert-butyl cation CH<sub>3</sub> <sub>3</sub>C<sup>+</sup> Own 2007-12-01 Ben Mills Benjah-bmm27 Images by Ben Mills SN1 of tert-butanol by HCl |