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Offline Ak

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alkene and alcohol
« on: July 26, 2008, 06:57:29 PM »
say you have a 2-hexene and you react it with 1. Hg(OAc)2, THF and 2. NaBH4 (basically oxymercuration)...the products would be 2-hexanol and 3-hexanol.

my question is, would they form in a 1:1 ratio? Thanks
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Re: alkene and alcohol
« Reply #1 on: July 26, 2008, 07:06:07 PM »
It would probably depend on the conditions such as heat and pressure.
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Re: alkene and alcohol
« Reply #2 on: July 26, 2008, 11:33:51 PM »
Quote from: Ak on July 26, 2008, 06:57:29 PM
say you have a 2-hexene and you react it with 1. Hg(OAc)2, THF and 2. NaBH4 (basically oxymercuration)...the products would be 2-hexanol and 3-hexanol.

my question is, would they form in a 1:1 ratio? Thanks
No, the product depends on the agent you use to form alcohol.
i.e: in the first case, forming hexan-2-ol is more feasible than the latter and versus does the second one
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