Assertion: 3-methyl-1- butene on acid catalysed hydration gives mainly 2-methyl-2-butanol as major product while the same alkene on treatment with ${(C H_{3} C O O)}_{2} H g - H_{2} O$ followed by reduction with $N a B H_{4}$ gives mainly 3-methyl-2-butanol.
Reason: Acid catalyzed hydration involve carbocation intermediate while the other does not.

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1) $S N^{1} \to Reaction \to$ product is racemisation of product

$50 % R + 50 % s$
2) Pyramidal free radical which undergo inversion

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