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In an experiment that is performed you use 1-hexene and is reacted with H2SO4 with water as the solvent. The product formed is 2-hexanol, is this an example of 1,4 addition, or proceeds via a carbanion, or is an example of electrophillic addition, or results in sp2 hybridized carbon being transformed into a sp hybridized carbon?

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A hydroboration reaction of 1-hexene and H2SO4 with water is examined. The product formed is an example of an addition process via carbanion. A discussion of its hybridization is provided.

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This is a 1, 2 addition not 1,4 addition.

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