Typical Electrophilic Additions
Typical electrophilic additions to alkenes with reagents are:
- dihalo addition reactions: X2
- Hydrohalogenations:HX
- Hydration reactions: H2O
- Hydrogenations H2
- Oxymercuration reactions: mercuric acetate, water
- Hydroboration-oxidation reactions : diborane
- the Prins reaction : formaldehyde, water
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