dmarte11092001
dmarte11092001
25.10.2019 • 
Chemistry

Alkenes can be converted to alcohols by reaction with mercuric acetate to form a β-hydroxyalkylmercury(ii) acetate compound, a reaction called oxymercuration. subsequent reduction with nabh4 reduces the c–hg bond to a c–h bond, forming the alkyl alcohol, a reaction called demercuration. draw the structure of the hg-containing compound and the final alcohol product formed in the following reaction sequence.

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