Question #85843
Hydrohalogenation is a regiospecific reaction
Expert's answer
The reaction is regiospecific when it selectively generates one constitutional isomer rather than the other.
Hydrohalogenation of asymetrical alkenes leads to formation of two constitutional isomers, one of which is the magor (the one formed acoording to Markovnikov's rule):
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