Define the Mechanism of the Radical Addition of HBr to an Alkene ?

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Chapter17: Nucleophilic Substitution Reactions Of Alkyl Halides
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Define the Mechanism of the Radical Addition of HBr to an Alkene ?

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The mechanism of addition of HBr to alkenes involves the formation of a more stable carbocation which is attacked by the Br-ion in the second step. Electron releasing groups in the aromatic ring can stabilize the carbocation through resonance while the electron withdrawing substituents will destabilize it. Hence those compounds with an electron releasing substituent on them will react faster than those with electro withdrawing substituent. 

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