Identifying and Balancing Chemical Equations
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Answer:
-) 2-methylbut-2-ene
-) 2-methylbut-1-ene
-) 3-methylbut-1-ene
Explanation:
in this case, the hydration of alkenes is a <u>marknovnikov reaction</u>, this means that the "OH" group would be added in the <u>most substituted carbon</u> of the double bond. (Figure 1)
For 2-methylbut-2-ene the most substituted carbon is the <u>tertiary carbon</u> (the carbon in the right of the double bond), so we will obtain the desired molecule. In 2-methylbut-1-ene the most substituted carbon is again the <u>tertiary carbon</u> (the carbon in the bottom of the double bond), so we will obtain 2-methyl-2-butanol. Finally, for 3-methylbut-1-ene the carbocation would be formed on carbon 3, this is a secondary carbocation. We can obtain a most stable carbocation if we do a <u>hydride shift</u> (Figure 2). With this new molecule is possible to obtain 3-methylbut-1-ene.
