Alkene Hydration
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In an experiment you combine 4-methyl-2-pentene and water, in the lab you setup the experiment using a a heater, condenser and N2 gas and add the reagent H2SO4, the product formed is 2-methyl-2-pentanol. Which of the following terms would be used in a description of the mechanism of this reaction?
- Tertiary carbanion
- 2-methylpentoxonium ion
- sp hybridized pentyne
- Vicinal dihydroxide
- Hydroxide ion.
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After protonation of the double bond, there is a 1,2-hydrogen shift that produces a more stable tertiary carbocation. Notice the sequence of steps:
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