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Mechanism to get the gemdihalides from alkynes,when alkynes reacts with HCl.

Mechanism to get the gemdihalides from alkynes,when alkynes reacts with HCl.

Grade:12th pass

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Piyush Kumar Behera
417 Points
5 years ago
@Harenda
The mechanism of the formation of gemdihalides from alkynes involve the formation of intermediate carbocation due to addition of H+ followed by Cl-.The stability of carbocation leads to geminal product instead of vicinal product.
Here is the detailed mechanism of the reaction
 
I hope it helps!!
 
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Piyush Kumar Behera

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