HOX ionises as OH- and X+ when X+ acts as electrophile and then nucleophilic attack takes place onn the carbocation formed.
7 Answers
Vivek
·2009-03-25 09:47:05
simple Markovnikov addition (carbocation mech)
consider it as HO+X-
HO goes to carbon with more hydrogens
virang1 Jhaveri
·2009-03-25 09:52:31
HO will go with the carbon of the second bond with more hydrogen out of the two.
X will go with the carbon of the second bond with least hydrogen out of the two.
voldy
·2009-03-27 06:05:24
satan92
·2009-03-27 20:34:49
i dont think so
it will be HO- and X+ because OH is a better nucleophile ..
voldy
·2009-03-27 21:52:44
well well that's interesting .....
which halide is more electronegative than O other than F .???
Vivek
·2009-03-28 02:33:52
yeah u r right ,srinath,but i remember reading somewhere before (i think in morrisson-boyd) that HOCl ionizes to HO+ when reacted with an alkene,think it is because of the vacant d lobes of chlorine that can overlap with the lone pair