Keywords: 3-chloride-attacks-tBu-cation-2D-skeletal.png Reaction mechanism of the nucleophilic substitution of tert-butanol by hydrogen chloride Step 3 The chloride anion attacks the tert-butyl cation forming tert-butyl chloride Own 2007-12-01 Ben Mills Benjah-bmm27 Images by Ben Mills SN1 of tert-butanol by HCl |