Question- Propylene oxide can be converted to 1,2-propanediol by the action of either dilute acid or base. When optically active propylene oxide is used, the 1,2-diol obtained from the acid hydrolysis has an optical rotation opposite from the alkaline hydrolysis.
1) Write the mechanism of each hydrolysis that is likely to explain these facts.
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