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How are the following conversions carried out?

Propene → Propane-2-ol.

The conversion of Propene to propane-2-ol takes place according to markovnikoff rule. The positive part of H2O that is H+ goes to the carbon which has more hydrogen and the negative part that is OH-goes to carbon that has less number of carbons.



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