Consider the mechanism of the reaction shown below. Give the structure of the next important organic reaction intermediate along the reaction coordinate. Your answer could be the final product.HBrheatEditClick on the drawing box above to activate the MarvinSketch drawing tool and then draw your answer to this question. If there is no reaction, then check the "no reaction" box below.no reaction Consider the mechanism of the reaction shown below. Give the structure of the next important organic reaction intermediate along the reaction coordinate. Your answer could be the finaHBrEditClick on the drawing box above to activate the MarvinSketch drawing tool and then draw your answer to this question. If there is no reaction, then check the "no reaction" box below.no reaction

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Consider the mechanism of the reaction shown below. Give the structure of the next important organic reaction intermediate along the reaction coordinate. Your answer could be the final product.
HBr
heat
Edit
Click on the drawing box above to activate the MarvinSketch drawing tool and then draw your answer to this question. If there is no reaction, then check the "no reaction" box below.
no reaction

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Step 1: Reaction 1

The reaction is:

The intermediate formed in the reaction mechanism is a carbocation. Organic molecules when treated with an acid results in the formation of a carbocation. Here HBr is acid.

The mechanism is:

The cleavage takes place such that the formed carbocation is more stable. If the cleave takes place between the straight branch carbon and oxygen atom then a primary carbocation is formed which is less stable compared to secondary carbocation which is formed in the above mechanism.

The next important reaction intermediate is Secondary carbocation.

The intermediate is:

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