1no one can explain this?????????
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1simple Markovnikov addition (carbocation mech)
consider it as HO+X-
HO goes to carbon with more hydrogens
11HO will go with the carbon of the second bond with more hydrogen out of the two.
X will go with the carbon of the second bond with least hydrogen out of the two.
1HOX ionises as OH- and X+ when X+ acts as electrophile and then nucleophilic attack takes place onn the carbocation formed.
1i dont think so
it will be HO- and X+ because OH is a better nucleophile ..
1well well that's interesting .....
which halide is more electronegative than O other than F .???
1yeah u r right ,srinath,but i remember reading somewhere before (i think in morrisson-boyd) that HOCl ionizes to HO+ when reacted with an alkene,think it is because of the vacant d lobes of chlorine that can overlap with the lone pair