Organic Chemistry : Help with Addition Reactions

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Example Question #11 : Help With Addition Reactions

What is the major product of the following reaction?

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Possible Answers:

None of these

Correct answer:

Explanation:

The reaction shown is a Markovnikov addition of a hydracid (HX) across a double bond. According to Markovnikov's rule, the hydrogen gets added to the lesser-substituted carbon in the double bond, and the halide (in this case, ) gets added to the more-substituted carbon. Thus, the correct answer is .

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