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What products would you expect from oxymercuration-demercuration of the following alkenes?

a) 


b)


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a) The product expected from oxymercuration-demercuration of alkene is,



1Oxymercuration-Demercuration

In an Oxymercuration-Demercuration reaction, the alkenes are treated with  and in the second step, the product is treated with. It results in Markovnikov addition product in which OH is attached to that carbon which is highly substituted.

2The product obtained from oxymercuration-demercuration of alkene


a) In this alkene, oxymercuration results in the Markovnikov addition of to an alkene. Here, the OH is added to that carbon with less hydrogen, and H is added to that carbon with more hydrogen attached.



The product obtained from oxymercuration-demercuration of alkene