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Grade 12Organic Chemistry

Why mercuric ion catalysed hydration of alkynes is Nucleophilic hydration although electrophilic Hg++ adds first?

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15 Years agoGrade 12
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15 Years ago

reactivity of alkynes towards addition reactions is less compared to alkene , so to activate it we use Hg++ as a catalyst