Answer to Question #92710 in Organic Chemistry for Michelle

Question

In one sentence, comment on the physical and chemical properties of (D) 2- bromo butan- 2-ol and (L) 2- bromo butan-2 - ol

Answer 1

there is a mistake in the compounds chemical names, if not - then I would say that both of them are unstable ones tending to decompose back to butanone-2 and HBr.