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In the rate-determining step of the hydrolysis of 2-chloro-2-methylpropane, the species formed is:

  1. A together with
  2. B together with
  3. C together with
  4. D together with

Answer: C

Heterolysis of the C-Cl bond places the bonding pair on the more electronegative chlorine. This gives the tertiary cation and chloride ion, not a primary cation or radicals.
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