JEE Main Chemistry question

Acid catalysed hydration of alkenes except ethene leads to the formation of **[UP SEE 2007]**

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

Answer: (C)

Solution

By Markovnikov's rule, acid-catalysed hydration of an alkene proceeds through the more stable (more substituted) carbocation, so water attacks the more substituted carbon. Except for ethene (which has only equivalent carbons and gives ethanol, a primary alcohol), every other

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