Write the structure of the major organic product formed in the reaction of hydrogen chlori...

Write the structure of the major organic product formed in the reaction of hydrogen chloride with each of the following:

(a) 2-Methyl-2-butene

(b) 2-Methyl-1-butene

(c) cis-2-Butene

(d)

Sample Solution (a) Hydrogen chloride adds to the double bond of 2-methyl-2-butene in accordance with Markovnikov's rule. The proton adds to the carbon that has one  attached hydrogen, chlorine to the carbon that has none.