Engineering
Chemistry
Alkene
Chemical Reactions of Alcohols
Question
Write the mechanism of hydration of ethene to yield ethanol
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Solution
Three steps are involved in the mechanism of hydration of ethene to yield ethanol.
(1) The electrophillic attack of hydronium ion protonates ethene to form carbocation.
(2) Water (as a nucleophile) attacks carbocation.
(3) Deprotonation gives ethanol.
The mechanism is shown above.
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