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Hydroxide (-OH) can react as a Bronsted-Lowry base (and remove a proton), or a Lewis base...

Hydroxide (-OH) can react as a Bronsted-Lowry base (and remove a proton), or a Lewis base (and attack a carbon atom).

(a) What organic product is formed when -OH reacts with the carbocation (CH3)3C+ as a Bronsted-Lowry base? (b) What organic product is formed when -OH reacts with (CH3)3C+ as a Lewis base?

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