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Chemical and Physical Foundations of Biological Systems

Major Product of Hydration of 2-Methylpropene

Very Hard Organic Chemistry Addition Reactions

Hydration reactions are significant addition reactions that occur with alkenes, where water (H2O) adds across the double bond to form alcohols. In a specific experiment, a researcher introduces 2-methylpropene (an alkene) to an acidic aqueous solution, resulting in the formation of an alcohol product. The expected product of this hydration reaction depends heavily on the mechanism through which the reaction proceeds.

Considering Markovnikov's rule, which states that in the addition of HX to an alkene, the hydrogen atom will add to the carbon atom of the double bond that has the greater number of hydrogen atoms, what is the expected major product of the hydration of 2-methylpropene in this reaction?

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