Hydrocarbons - Result Question 81
####68. Give the structure of the major organic products obtained from 3-ethyl-2-pentene under each of the following reaction conditions :
(1996)
(a) $HBr$ in the presence of peroxide
(b) $Br _2 / H _2 O$
(c) $Hg(OAc) _2 / H _2 O, NaBH _4$
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Solution:
- $CH _3 CH=\underset{3 \text {-ethyl-2-pentene }}{C}-CH _2 CH _3 \underset{\text { peroxide }}{HBr} CH _3-\underset{Br}{CH}-CH-C _2 H _5$
