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Alcohols, Phenols and Ethers
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Arrange the following alcohols in decreasing order of reactivity towards HBr.

Answer

As the number of electron donating R groups at α-carbon increases, the reactivity towards HX increases. The correct order is,
(A) > (C) > (D) > (B) .

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