Question 12.8: Acid-Catalyzed Hydration of an Alkene Draw a structural form...

Introduction to General, Organic and Biochemistry [EXP-46650]

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.

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