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    on mercuration- demercuration produces the major product:

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a

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b

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c

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answer is A.

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Alkene on oxymercuration - demercuration produces an alcohol in which the net reaction is the addition of H2O to the double bond in accordance with Markovnikov’s rule (i.e. -OH group adds to carbon containing lesser number of hydrogens). Hence, we have

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Therefore, the choice (a) is correct

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