New answers tagged regioselectivity
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Product of oxymercuration-demercuration reaction
Well, the answer is correct except instead of -OH it must be -OMe because the reagent used is Hg(OAc)2/ MeOH and not Hg(OAc)2/H2O.
Here's an illustration of the rection using methanol
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