Incorrect
Mechanism: Your answer is incorrect.
A medicinal chemist at Orgalex Labs, a little known division of a big international pharmaceutical firm, has predicted the major product of the following reaction,
an early step in the synthesis of Compound R40 (rumored to be a cure for rhinitis, spontaneous combustion, and bad luck):
OH
Br
HBr
As Vice-President of Research, it's your job to decide whether the chemist has made a reasonable prediction.
If your answer is yes, this could be the major product of the reaction, draw the complete mechanism for the reaction below.
If your answer is no, check the box under the drawing area.