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What type of reactive intermediate is involved in both of the following general reaction types?
   
  1)
  reaction of an alkene with Br2 in the presence of water to give a bromohydrin
  2)
  two-step hydroxylation of an alkene
   
  a.
  carbocation
  b.
  carbanion
  c.
  radical
  d.
  cyclic bromonium ion
  e.
  cyclic ion

Question 2

What type of reactive intermediate is formed in the reaction of an alkene with HBr to give a bromoalkane?
  a.
  carbocation
  b.
  carbanion
  c.
  radical
  d.
  cyclic bromonium ion



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Answer to Question 1

e

Answer to Question 2

a



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Both answers were spot on, thank you once again



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