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(a) Which primary alcohol of molecular formula C5H12O cannot be prepared from an alkene by...

(a) Which primary alcohol of molecular formula C5H12O cannot be prepared from an alkene by hydroboration-oxidation? Why?


(b) Write equations describing the preparation of three isomeric primary alcohols of molecular formula C5Hl2O from alkenes.


(c) Write equations describing the preparation of the tertiary alcohol of molecular formula C5H12O by acid-catalyzed hydration of two different alkenes.

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