MHT CET Chemistry question

Acid catalyzed hydration of alkenes EXCEPT ethene leads to the formation of [AIEEE 2005]

(A)Primary alcohol
(B)Secondary or tertiary alcoholCorrect
(C)Mixture of primary and secondary alcohols
(D)Mixture of secondary and tertiary alcohols

Answer: (B)

Solution

By Markovnikov's rule the proton adds to give the more stable carbocation (secondary or tertiary), so every alkene other than ethene gives a secondary

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