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Grade 12th passOrganic Chemistry

Why antimarkovnikovs rule apply only for hydro bromine acid?

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9 Years agoGrade 12th pass
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9 Years ago
hiii lakshmi 
in antimarkonikovs rule HBr is applied because of the matching size if bromine atom , so it is more likely to encounter and react with the least substituted carbon , so we use Hbr, 
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