Tert-Butyl Bromide reacts with aq. NaOH by SN1 mechanism while n-butyl bromide reacts by SN2 mechanism. Why?

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Tert-butyl bromide is substituted via the SN1 process because it may produce a stable carbocation in the first step after the halide group is cleaved. The nucleophile OH -  interacts with the carbocation next. The primary halide n-b

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