Question

Acid-catalyzed addition of water to an alkene yields an alcohol with Markovnikov regiochemistry.

a. True
b. False

Answer 1

a. True

Step-by-step explanation:

Acid-catalyzed addition of water to an alkene yields an alcohol with Markovnikov regiochemistry. The electrophilic H+ adds to the sp2 carbon with the most hydrogens to yield the most stable carbocation intermediate, which then adds water to give the product alcohol.

Answer 2

True

Step-by-step explanation:

Markovnikov rule states that the negative part of the addendum is added to the carbon atom having the least number of hydrogen atoms.

This means that during acid-catalyzed addition of water to an alkene, the -OH is added to the more substituted carbon atom while the -H is added to the least substituted carbon atom in obedience to Markovnikov regiochemistry.