Question

Orgo II Tutorial: Oxymercuration-Demurcuration

Answer 1

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Answer 2

\({\bf{Overview:}}\)
- mix of anti and syn addition
- Markovnikov (the Hydrogen attaches to the carbon that already has more hydrogens than the other)
- based on carbocation stability
- resistant to re-arrangements
- reagents: two steps
1) Hg(OAc)2 + THF + H2O
2) NABH4, OH-

Answer 3

last step: add the NABH4, OH- which converts that HgOAc to a hydrogen (mechanism is beyond the scope of this class)

Answer 4

Anyway, that's the end of my tutorial, I hope it was a helpful resource. Source material is Organic Chemistry 12th edition by Solomons, et. al.