Question

Write a chemical equation for addition reactions to produce 3-hydroxy-3-methylhexane. Condensed structural formulas should be used for each organic compound.

Answer 1

so you would probably be starting with a alkene compound if it is an addition reaction

Answer 2

I would just do a Oxymercuration-demercuration reaction as it follows Markovnikov’s

Answer 3

Markovnikov’s rule is the addition of a group (in this case a hydroxyl) to the most substituted carbon.

Answer 4

If you want to know why it adds to the most substituted carbon, it is because of hyperconjugation (look it up)