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COMEDK · Chemistry · 14. Hydrocarbons

Identify the type of reaction:

  1. A Electrophilic addition
  2. B Nucleophilic addition
  3. C Free radical addition
  4. D Free radical substitution
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(A) Electrophilic addition

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The reaction shown is the addition of hydrogen bromide (HBr) to propene (\(CH_3-CH=CH_2\)). The reaction proceeds via the electrophilic addition mechanism. In the first step, the electrophile \(H^{+}\) from HBr attacks the double bond to form the more stable secondary…