The list shows the structural formulas of some haloalkanes.
Haloalkanes reaction with aqueous hot potassium hydroxide to form alcohols.
Select a haloalkane from the list in part a) which would form a diol (a molecule with two OH groups).
Using 'curly arrows' complete the mechanism of the reaction between haloalkane W and hot aqueous potassium hydroxide to form an alcohol. Include relevant dipoles in the mechanism.
The same reaction in part c) was repeated using haloalkane Y. State whether the reaction with haloalkane Y would be faster or slower than the reaction with haloalkane W.
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