Electrophilic addition mechanism
What Electrophilic addition mechanism means in Chemistry A-Level, as defined for OCR.
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The π electrons of the C=C bond attack an electrophile, the electrophile bond breaks heterolytically, and a carbocation intermediate forms before a nucleophile attacks it.
The alkene is protonated to a carbocation that water then attacks, and loss of a proton gives the alcohol.
Topics that use Electrophilic addition mechanism
- Alkenes (OCR A-Level)
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