Chemistry

• Electrophilic Addition in organic compounds is a polar reaction characterized by the incorporation of an electrophile to a carbon-carbon double bond to form a saturated product.
• In the electrophilic addition of HBr to ethene, it leads to the formation of saturated 1-bromoethane.
• Regioselective refers to a situation where more than one reaction could occur between a set of reactants under the same conditions, resulting in products that are constitutional isomers, and if one product forms in greater amounts than the others, the overall reaction is said to be regioselective.
• A nucleophile is an electron-donating agent, while an electrophile is an electron-accepting agent.
• An example of a nucleophile is a base, while an example of an electrophile is a halogen atom.
• Regioselectivity and stereospecificity principles apply in electrophilic addition reactions.
• More than one major product can be formed in an electrophilic addition reaction.
• The intermediate in an electrophilic addition reaction is formed before the final product.
• Markovnikov's rule states that hydrogen attaches itself to the carbon having more hydrogen substituents whereas the halogen attaches to the carbon with the more alkyl substituents.
• Achiral starting materials yield achiral or racemic products.
• Electrophile is a Lewis acid.
• Nucleophile is a Lewis base.