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when 3-methylbutan-2-ol is treated with HBr, the following reaction takes place:

Give the mechanism of this reaction.
Hint : The secondary carbocation formed in step II rearranges to a more stable tetriary carbocation by a hydride ion shift form the third carbon atom.

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