What is the major product expected from the following reaction?
Where D is an isotope of hydrogen.
What is the major product expected from the following reaction? Where D is an isotope of hydrogen.
Solution
The hydrohalogenation of alkenes involves breaking a carbon to carbon double bond, followed by the electrophilic addition of a hydrogen atom and halogen. The halide will add to the more substituted carbon following Markovnikov's rule.
anti addition reaction.
Asked in: JEE Main 2015 (11 Apr Online)