Oxymercuration reaction
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Oxymercuration reaction
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In organic chemistry, the oxymercuration reaction is an electrophilic addition reaction that transforms an alkene (R2C=CR2) into a neutral alcohol. In oxymercuration, the alkene reacts with mercuric acetate (AcO−Hg−OAc) in aqueous solution to yield the addition of an acetoxymercury (−HgOAc) group and a hydroxy (−OH) group across the double bond. Carbocations are not formed in this process and thus rearrangements are not observed. The reaction follows Markovnikov's rule and it is an anti addition
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Chemical reaction of an alkene with mercuric acetate to form an alcohol
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oxymercuration_reaction
date created:
2003-06-06T03:33:15Z
date modified:
2024-08-31T23:52:18Z
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