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In the acid-catalyzed dehydration of 2-methyl-1-propanol. what carbocation would be formed...

In the acid-catalyzed dehydration of 2-methyl-1-propanol. what carbocation would be formed if a hydride shift accompanied cleavage of the carbon-oxygen bond in the alkyloxonium ion? What ion would be formed as a result of a methyl shift? Which pathway do you think will predominate, a hydride shift or a methyl shift?

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