Download full text in PDF Opens in a new window. Article suggestions will be shown in a dialog on return to ScienceDirect. ... Please enable JavaScript to use all the features on this page. ... Department of Organic Chemistry, Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science, Jadavpur, Calcutta - 700 032, India. ... A simple and general procedure for hydration of unactivated alkenes and alkynes producing less substituted alcohols selectively has been achieved ...