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Transcribed Image Text:**Determine the product(s) of the following substitution reaction:**
The image contains a diagram of a chemical reaction involving a substitution reaction.
Reactants:
- The first reactant is a molecule with a linear chain of three carbon atoms (propyl group) with a bromine (Br) atom attached to a secondary carbon (the middle carbon) with stereochemistry indicated by the wedge notation.
- The second reactant is hydroxide ion (HO⁻), depicted as having a negative charge and with lone pairs of electrons around the oxygen atom.
Mechanism:
- In a substitution reaction, the hydroxide ion (nucleophile) is likely to attack the carbon atom that is attached to the bromine (leaving group).
- The bromine atom leaves, and the hydroxide ion attaches to the carbon, replacing the bromine.
Product:
- The resulting product should be a molecule where the bromine is replaced by a hydroxyl group (OH) at the same carbon where the bromine was initially attached.
- This product will be a secondary alcohol; specifically, 2-propanol (also known as isopropanol) is formed as a result of this substitution reaction.
Thus, the diagram and description focus on the substitution mechanism between hydroxide ion and 2-bromopropane, leading to the formation of 2-propanol.
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