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What are the preparations of alcohols?​

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Alcohols are prepared by SN2 reaction

Alkyl halides can be converted to alcohols by using SN2 reactions with OH- as a nucleophile. Substrates that undergo substitution by SN1 reaction can be converted to alcohols using water as the nucleophile (and it can even be the solvent).Explanation:

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