NCERT Exemplar Chemistry

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Assertion: Addition reaction of water to but-1-ene in acidic medium yields butan-1-ol.
Reason: Addition of water in acidic medium proceeds through the formation of primary carbocation. A). Both Assertion and Reason are correct and Reason is the correct explanation for Assertion. B). Assertion is a correct statement but Reason is a wrong statement. C). Assertion is a wrong statement but Reason is a correct statement. D). Both Assertion and Reason are wrong statements.

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The correct answer is Both Assertion and Reason are wrong statements.. The Assertion is a wrong statement because the addition of water to but-1-ene in an acidic medium follows Markovnikov's rule, yielding butan-2-ol as the major product. The Reason is also a wrong statement because the reaction proceeds through the formation of a more stable secondary carbocation, not a primary carbocation.

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