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Addition of HCl to alkene X forms two alkyl halides Y and Z.1.     Label Y and Z as a 1,2-...

Addition of HCl to alkene X forms two alkyl halides Y and Z.

1.     Label Y and Z as a 1,2-addition product or a 1,4-addition product.


2.     Label Y and Z as the kinetic or thermodynamic product and explain why.


3.     Explain why addition of HCl occurs at the indicated C==C (called an exocyclic double bond), rather than the other C==C (called an endocyclic double bond).

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