Rhodium is often used to generate catalytic asymmetric varieties of this reaction.
Rhodium is often used to generate catalytic asymmetric varieties of this reaction. The primary reagent in it is sold commercially as a complex with THF or diethyl ether because its raw form is such a strong Lewis acid. This reaction is commonly performed in laboratories preceding an oxidation using a peroxide, but the hydroxyl group added may be replaced with an amine or a halogen. This reaction is a syn-addition, and may also be used to make ketones and aldehydes from alkynes, considering the enol-carbonyl tautomerism. The first part of this reaction is concerted, with the reagent adding across the alkene to form a square transition state. For ten points, identify this key reaction, the anti-Markovnikov addition of water across a double bond using a certain group three element.
Rhodium is often used to generate catalytic asymmetric varieties of this reaction.
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