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(B) In an acidified aqueous medium,the hydroxyl group of $1$-phenylethanol gets protonated to form an oxonium ion.This oxonium ion loses a water molec

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carbonium ion formation

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(B) In an acidified aqueous medium,the hydroxyl group of $1$-phenylethanol gets protonated to form an oxonium ion.This oxonium ion loses a water molecule to form a stable benzylic carbocation (carbonium ion).The planar carbocation can be attacked by water from either side with equal probability,leading to the formation of a racemic mixture.Therefore,the racemization is due to the formation of a carbonium ion.

$A$ solution of optically active $1$-phenylethanol racemizes in acidified aqueous medium. It is due to

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