Advices For Studying Organic Chemistry

ii)

A Mec

Markovnikov product:

hanism for the Reaction

Addition of a Hydrogen Halide an Alkene

Step 1 CC H X CC

H

+ slow +

The π electron

from HX to

of the alkene form a bond with a proton

forma carboncation anda halide ion.

+ X −

+ CC

H

Step 2

+ fast CC

H

X

The halide ion reacts with the carboncation by

donating an electron pair; the result is an alkyl halide.

X −

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