Draw structural formula for all alkenes

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Draw structural formula for all alkenes

**Transcription for Educational Website:**

Title: Synthesis of Alcohols via Oxymercuration

**Problem Statement:**
Draw structural formulas for all alkenes that could be used to prepare the alcohol shown below by oxymercuration.

**Reaction:**
- Reagents: 
  1. Hg(OAc)₂, H₂O
  2. NaBH₄

- Product: 
  ```
       CH₃
        |
  CH₃CHCH₂CHCH₂CH₂CHCH₃
          |    |
         CH₃  OH
  ```

**Instructions:**
- You do not have to consider stereochemistry.
- Include only alkenes that will give the alcohol as the single major product.
- Separate structures with + signs from the drop-down menu.

**Diagram Explanation:**
The interface visible here is part of an online chemical drawing tool (ChemDoodle), where users can input structural formulas. The tool includes various options for drawing chemical structures, such as single, double, and triple bonds, cyclic structures, and various elemental symbols.

**Note:**
Use the drawing tools provided to sketch possible alkene precursors for the desired alcohol product.
Transcribed Image Text:**Transcription for Educational Website:** Title: Synthesis of Alcohols via Oxymercuration **Problem Statement:** Draw structural formulas for all alkenes that could be used to prepare the alcohol shown below by oxymercuration. **Reaction:** - Reagents: 1. Hg(OAc)₂, H₂O 2. NaBH₄ - Product: ``` CH₃ | CH₃CHCH₂CHCH₂CH₂CHCH₃ | | CH₃ OH ``` **Instructions:** - You do not have to consider stereochemistry. - Include only alkenes that will give the alcohol as the single major product. - Separate structures with + signs from the drop-down menu. **Diagram Explanation:** The interface visible here is part of an online chemical drawing tool (ChemDoodle), where users can input structural formulas. The tool includes various options for drawing chemical structures, such as single, double, and triple bonds, cyclic structures, and various elemental symbols. **Note:** Use the drawing tools provided to sketch possible alkene precursors for the desired alcohol product.
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The given reaction represents oxymercuration demercuration reaction in which the addition of water molecule takes place on the alkene molecule following Markonikov’s rule. No rearrangement takes place in this reaction.

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