alleryWho framed the rule for adding HBr to unsymmetrical alkenes, in 1869?
AMeerwein
BMarkovnikov
CMendeleev
DMichaelis
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: B. Markovnikov
1. The chemist was Russian.
2. He generalised from many such reactions.
3. Markovnikov, a Russian chemist, made a generalisation in 1869 and framed Markovnikov rule.
4. So the answer is Markovnikov.
_Source: syllabus Chemistry Part II, Unit 9 'Hydrocarbons'_
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