Journal of the American Chemical Society

ELECTRON DISPLACEMENT IN CARBON COMPOUNDS. V. THE ADDITION OF HYDROGEN CHLORIDE TO 3-ETHYL-2-PENTENE1

HJ Lucas

Index: Lucas Journal of the American Chemical Society, 1929 , vol. 51, p. 251

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Citation Number: 11

Abstract

In order to account for the products formed when strong acids add to derivatives of ethylene, investigators have proposed different hypotheses. Markownikoff* many years ago laid down the rule that when hydrogen bromide or other similar compound adds, the negative atom goes to that unsaturated carbon atom which is joined to the larger number of other carbon atoms. But there are many exceptions to this rule, the best recognized being acrylic acid, ...