Addition Definition and 651 Threads

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    Why Water Doesn't Intervene in Ethene Electrophilic Addition

    When ethene undergoes electrophilic addition with bromine water Br2(aq), at the second stage the water reacts with the second carbon,and a hydroxyl group bonds with the carbon across the double bond instead of the bromide ion. Why doesn't water intervene at the first stage, i.e. when the first...
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