Treating 1-butanol with sulfuric acid establishes an equilibrium with 1-butyl bisulfate and water.

a)using curved arrows to symbolize the flow of electrons propose a mechanism for the conversion of 1-butanol to 1-butyl bisulfate.

b)1-butyl bisulfate may serve as the precursor to an ether and an alkene, as well as the desired 1-bromobutane.

i)provide the structures expected for the ether and the alkene that might be produced from 1-butly bisulfate

ii)provide reaction mechanisms for the formation of each of these byproducts and specify whether the mechanisms you write are SN1, SN2, E1, E2, or none of these.

iii)explain why you would expect bisulfate to be a good leaving group for substitution or elimination reactions.