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20 August, 20:44

Hydration of alkynes (via oxymercuration) gives good yields of single compounds only with symmetrical or terminal alkynes. draw the major organic product (s) formed when hex-2-yne undergoes hydration in the presence of hgso4 and h2so4

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  1. 20 August, 20:54
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    Hex-2-yne is not symmetrical alkyne, So, it will give two products namely Hexan-3-one and Hexan-2-one.

    The reaction along with mechanism is shown below,
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