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ON
ADDITION TO CARBON-CARBON
MULTIPLE BOND
Step 1.
Step 2.
Free energy diagram for Electrophilic
addition reaction
MARKOVNIKOV RULE
This rule states that in an electrophilic addition reaction, the
positive part of the unsymmetric reagent becomes bonded to
the doubly bonded carbon atom which has more number of
hydrogen atoms.
Example .
Step 1.
Step 2.
Step 3.
FREE RADICAL ADDITION
REACTION
An addition reactions involving free radical is called Free
radical addition reaction.
Radical, are electron-deficient species. Thus the radicals will
attack the pi-system of double bond of an alkene.
Propagation-
Termination-
REFERENCES
1. March Jerry(1985). “Advanced Organic Chemistry
reactions”, Addition to carbon-carbon multiple bond(3rd
ed.).New York : John Willey & Sons.