Chapter 11, Problem 11.59AP

Interpretation Introduction

Interpretation:

The structure for formation of two products from the hydration reaction of 2-pentene with water in the presence of sulfuric acid has to be drawn and the reason for more than one product is formed has to be explained.

Concept Introduction:

Hydaration reaction is nothing but the addition of water to an alkene.  In this reaction two bonds are simultaneously broken, one is carbon-carbon double bond, and second one is $H-OH$ bond, finally forms two $\text{ C-H and C-OH bonds}\text{.}$ .  The general reaction can be represented as follows,

In the addition of water to an unsymmetrical alknene, the hydrogen from water is bonded to the less substituted carbon atom and is called Markovnikov’s rule.