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📅 NSB 2017🎓 HS🔄 Round 11#️⃣ Q5❓ TOSS-UP📝 Multiple Choice

Which of the following is the most plausible first step in the solvolysis [sawl-VAWL-eh-sis] of tert-butyl [turt-BYU-til] iodide in water?

W) Concerted substitution
X) Attack of water to form a pentavalent [penta-VAY-lent] intermediate
Y) Decomposition to form positively-charged intermediate
Z) Decomposition to form negatively-charged intermediate
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