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Addition of HBr to propene yields 2-bromopropane, not 1-bromopropane. Explain and give mechanism.

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Addition of HBr to propene is an ionic electrophilic addition reaction in which the electrophile i.e. H+ first adds to give a more stable 20 Carbocation which is readily attacked by the nucleophile Brion to give 2-bromopropane.

 

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