HYDRATION OF ALKENES

Hydration of Alkenes



Hydration of Alkenes

Introduction

A common reaction of alkenes is the addition of HX across the double bond. A more stable carbo-cation is determined by the initial step of protonation, which results in the addition of hydrogen to the carbon atom that already consists of a great amount of hydrogen. This has been determined by Markovnikov's rule. A core theme of this reaction is the illustration of hydration of an alkene in an aqueous acid, which is considered to be an important industrial process (Bettelheim, 2013, pp. 82). This experiment in turn also involves the treatment of ...