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ChemistryOrganic Chemistry - Some Basic Principles and TechniquesJEE Main

The intermediate formed during the (anti-Markovnikov, peroxide-catalysed) addition of HBr to propene is

Answer: (A)

Solution

Br• adds to the terminal (less hindered) carbon of CH₂=CH–CH₃, generating the more stable **secondary**

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