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1,2-Epoxypropane (methyloxirane) is treated with in ether followed by . The product is

  1. Apropane-1,2-diol
  2. Bpropanal
  3. Cpropan-2-ol
  4. Dpropan-1-ol

Answer: C

Hydride opens the epoxide by SN2 attack at the less hindered carbon, here the . The oxygen stays on the more substituted carbon, so the product is , propan-2-ol.
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