MHT CET Chemistry question

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Addition of HCl to 3,3-dimethyl but-1-ene yield products, one of which has a rearranged carbon skeleton. Which of the following cations are intermediates in that reaction? I. II. III. IV.

Answer: (D)

Solution

Protonation of gives the secondary cation (II), and a 1,2-methyl shift converts it into the

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