Custom eBook for Organic Chemistry
Custom eBook for Organic Chemistry
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Interpretation: Whether oxymercuration-demercuration reaction below follows Markovnikov or anti-Markovnikov rule should be explained with proper reasons.

  Custom eBook for Organic Chemistry, Chapter 8, Problem 35CTQ

Concept introduction: Alkenes react with mercuric acetate and water in the presence of THF as solvent to yield hydroxymercurial compound. This is known as oxymercuration reaction and is the first synthetic step. The hydroxymercurial compound on reductive cleavage with sodium borohydride results in the formation of alcohol and this process is known as demercuration and is the second synthetic step.

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