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Reaction of ethylene oxide with in dry ether, followed by , gives

  1. Aethanol
  2. Bpropan-2-ol
  3. Cbutan-1-ol
  4. Dpropan-1-ol

Answer: D

The nucleophilic opens the ring at a ring carbon, giving . Hydrolysis gives propan-1-ol, a primary alcohol containing one carbon from the methyl group plus two from the epoxide, three in all.
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