AP EAPCET 07-Jul-2022 Shift 2 Paper

Hydrolysis of t-butyl bromide with aqueous NaOH is an example of SNl reaction. The formation of carbocation is the slow step and therefore rate determining step. The rate of the reaction depends only on concentration of tertiary butyl bromide.
Step I. Formation of carbocation

Step 2. Attack of nucleophile on carbocation