The major product of this reaction which is the oximercuration - demercuration reaction is explained.
What is a chemical reaction?
It should be noted that a chemical reaction simply means a process that leads to the transformation of a as of chemical substances to another chemical substance.
The steps in the reaction include:
- The nucleophilic bond attack.
- The formation of oxonium ion.
- Deprotonation of the oxonium ion.
- NaBH4 replaces the acetoxy mercury.
Here, alkene is converted into alcohol.
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