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Orgo II Tutorial: Oxymercuration-Demurcuration

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\({\bf{Overview:}}\) - 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-

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

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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.

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