The Regioselectivity and Stereospecificity in the Oxymercuration of an Alkene

question 74

Multiple Choice

The regioselectivity and stereospecificity in the oxymercuration of an alkene is best described as:

• A) Markovnikov orientation with syn-addition
• B) Markovnikov orientation with anti-addition
• C) anti-Markovnikov orientation with syn-addition
• D) anti-Markovnikov orientation with anti-addition
• E) Markovnikov orientation with both syn- and anti-addition

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