Acid-Catalyzed Hydration of an Alkene
Draw a structural formula for the alcohol formed by the acid-catalyzed hydration of 1-methylcyclohexene.
Strategy
Markovnikov’s rule predicts that H adds to the carbon with the greater number of hydrogens.
Acid-Catalyzed Hydration of an Alkene
Draw a structural formula for the alcohol formed by the acid-catalyzed hydration of 1-methylcyclohexene.
Strategy
Markovnikov’s rule predicts that H adds to the carbon with the greater number of hydrogens.
H adds to carbon 2 of the cyclohexene ring and OH then adds to carbon 1.