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Q.

In the presence of peroxide, HCl and HI do not give anti-Markownikoff's addition to alkenes because:

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a

One of the steps is endothermic in HCl and HI

b

Both HCI and HI are strong acids

c

HCI is oxidizing and the HI is reducing

d

All the steps are exothermic in HCl anHI

answer is A.

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Detailed Solution

In the chain propagation steps, we have

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With HCl, Step 2 is endothermic owing to strong H-Cl bond. With HI, Step 1 is endothermic owing to weak HI bond. In fact, HI is oxidised to 12 by peroxide.

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