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The direct hydration of alkene leads to the formation of alcohols.
The reaction takes place according to the markovnikov’s rules for addition reaction.
For example
we can make 2-methyl propan-2-ol (tertiary – butyl alcohol) from 2- methyl propene (Isobutylene) as shown in the above reaction.
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