Fix the wrong alkene product

Exercise and reference answers

Questions

1. Statement parts

   1. Propene
   2. plus
   3. HBr
   4. gives
   5. 1-bromopropane

   Correction

   2-bromopropane

   Incorrect part

   1-bromopropane

2. Statement parts

   1. With
   2. peroxides
   3. propene
   4. and
   5. HBr
   6. give
   7. 2-bromopropane

   Correction

   1-bromopropane

   Incorrect part

   2-bromopropane

3. Statement parts

   1. Hot
   2. acidic
   3. KMnO4
   4. cleaves
   5. pent-2-ene
   6. to
   7. a diol

   Correction

   acetic acid and propanoic acid

   Incorrect part

   a diol

4. Statement parts

   1. Pent-1-ene
   2. shows
   3. cis
   4. and
   5. trans
   6. isomerism

   Correction

   But-2-ene

   Incorrect part

   Pent-1-ene

Instructions

Tap the one wrong word in each line about alkene reactions, then read the correction.

Explanation