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List the products of each alkene addition reaction. d.
22. Organic Chemistry
Hydrohalogenation Reactions
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Write a hydrohalogenation reaction with excess HCl and name the organic product formed.
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Identify the starting alkene structure from the image. The structure shown is a simple alkene with a double bond between two carbon atoms.
Understand the hydrohalogenation reaction: In this reaction, a hydrogen halide (HCl in this case) adds across the double bond of an alkene.
Apply Markovnikov's rule: In the addition of HCl to the alkene, the hydrogen atom will attach to the carbon with the greater number of hydrogen atoms (the less substituted carbon), and the chlorine atom will attach to the other carbon (the more substituted carbon).
Draw the intermediate carbocation: After the hydrogen adds to the less substituted carbon, a carbocation intermediate is formed on the more substituted carbon.
Complete the reaction by adding the chloride ion to the carbocation, forming the final alkyl chloride product. Name the product based on the longest carbon chain and the position of the chlorine substituent.
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