Two products are possible when pent-2-ene is treated with HBr. Write the structures of the possible products, and explain why they are made in about equal amounts.

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Two products are possible when pent-2-ene is treated with HBr. Write the structures of the possible products, and explain why they are made in about equal amounts.

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To determine the possible products, when pent-2-ene is treated with HBr.

 

 

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when  pent-2-ene is treated with HBr, two possible products can be formed.

 

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