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2-Methylbut-1-ene reacts with mercuric acetate in presence of water to form a product, which on reduction with yields
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2-Methylbutan-2-ol
This is an example of oxymercuration-demercuration and gives alcohol corresponding to Markovnikov's addition of water to carbon-carbon double bond.
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