[rlabomba]

Hi All,
Having some trouble on this reaction. can somebody take a look and let me know if it's correct or if i'm on the right track?

[pgk]

No, it’s wrong.
The flesh must point to the hydrogen and not to the bromine.
But this destroys the double bond and creates a cation and an anion. Which ones?

[wildfyr]

I would say there is almost nothing correct here. Please look in a textbook at 1,2 and 1,4 additions to dienes. This is also a good resource https://www.masterorganicchemistry.com/2017/03/22/reactions-of-dienes-12-and-14-addition/

[ringhio]

Hi All,
Having some trouble on this reaction. can somebody take a look and let me know if it's correct or if i'm on the right track?

when a diene reacts with HBr this is what happens, you should study the reaction conditions to know how much 1,2 product and 1,4 you can get

[Babcock_Hall]

It seems to me that you might have conjured up a pair of electrons, but I am not entirely certain.

[rlabomba]

I think i figured it out.  let me know if this looks correct now.  Thanks.

[Babcock_Hall]

Try drawing a second resonance form for the carbocation.