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Draw the major organic product of the following reaction sequence.
1) Hg(OAc)2, MeOH
2) NABH,
CH3
H;C
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Oxymercuration-demercuration reaction- In this reaction, alkene is hydrated to produce alcohols via a electrophilic addition reaction.

It occurs in two steps-

In first step, the mercuric acetate reacts with alkene leading to addition of acetoxymercury (HgOAc) groups and hydroxyl (OH) group across a double bond. This step follows markovnikov’s rule (the hydroxyl group is added to the more substituted carbon atom).

In second step, the adduct product of 1^st step is reduced by NaBH₄. In demercuration, the acetoxymercury group is replaced with a hydrogen atom.

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