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Medical College Admission Test
Chemical and Physical Foundations of Biological Systems

Addition of HCl to Propene

Easy Organic Chemistry Addition Reactions

The addition of hydrogen halides (HX) to alkenes is a common reaction in organic chemistry. This reaction involves the addition of a hydrogen halide to the carbon-carbon double bond of the alkene, resulting in the formation of an alkyl halide. In addition to resulting in a new saturated compound, this type of reaction demonstrates the Markovnikov's rule, which states that when HX is added to an asymmetrical alkene, the hydrogen atom will attach to the carbon with the greater number of hydrogen substituents.

Consider the following reaction: when propene (an alkene) reacts with HCl, which addition product is formed? Which of the products conforms to Markovnikov’s rule?

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