Write a rational mechanism for the conversion of t-butyl alcohol into t-butyl chloride using appropriate reagents
The reaction that will be going to happen is
Step 1: Attack of H+ on the lone pair of oxygen atom in OH group
Step 2: Leaving of H2O from the tert-Butyloxonium ion leaving a carbocatio
Step 3: Attack of Cl- on the Carbocation carbon forming the Chloride compound
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