10.5 - HL: Electrophilic Addition to Alkenes (Mechanism)
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What is an electrophile?
💡 Hint: Think about units in a reaction that are attracted to electrons.
Define a carbocation.
💡 Hint: Focus on the charge associated with the carbon.
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What type of species are alkenes?
💡 Hint: Think about what alkenes do in reactions!
Markovnikov's Rule states that in electrophilic addition, hydrogen adds to which carbon?
💡 Hint: Consider the stability of carbocations formed during reactions.
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Predict the major product formed when 1-butene reacts with HCl and explain your reasoning based on Markovnikov’s Rule.
💡 Hint: Focus on how the hydrogen atom and chlorine will attach according to stability of carbocations.
Explain why carbocation rearrangements might occur during electrophilic addition and illustrate this using cyclohexene.
💡 Hint: Think about how the electron density and bond structures change when new electronegative elements are added.
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