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Hydroboration reaction experiments and Markovnikov's rule

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In one experiment you combine 1-hexene which is reacted with H2SO4 with water as the solvent and the compound produced is 2-hexanol, and in another experiment you have 1-Methylcyclohexene which reacts with H2SO4 in water to produce 1-methylcyclohexanol. Do the reactions in these experiments conform to E2 elimination, Markovnikov's rule, Hund's rule, Zeitsev's rule, or Atkin's rule?

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An analysis of two different hydroboration reactions, followed by explanations on which rule the separate experiments both prove.

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Both reactions involve addition of (H) and (OH) to the C=C double bonds. So they are definitely not elimination reaction. They ...

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