Bromohydrin
Formation: Regiochemistry |
Reactions of unsymmetrically substituted alkenes with bromine in
water form bromohydrins in which the hydroxyl s located on the MORE
substituted carbon atom:
FIGURE
This regiochemistry arises from the electrophilicity of the
intermediate cyclic bromonium ion.
FIGURE
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