Acid-catalysed hydration of alkenes except ethene leads to the formati

1.	Acid-catalysed hydration of alkenes except ethene leads to the formation of
Answer» <html><body><p>primary alcohol<br/>secondary or <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/tertiary-665438" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about TERTIARY">TERTIARY</a> <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/alcohols-371072" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about ALCOHOLS">ALCOHOLS</a> <br/>mixture of primary and secondary alcohols <br/>mixture of secondary and tertiary alcohols </p>Solution :Ethene <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/gives-1007647" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about GIVES">GIVES</a> `1^@` alcohol (ethanol) , <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/propene-1169814" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about PROPENE">PROPENE</a> gives `2^@` alcohol while 2-methylpropene gives `3^@` alcohol. <br/> `underset"Ethene"(CH_2=CH_2)underset((ii)H_3O^+)overset((i)Conc. H_2SO_4)to underset"Ethanol"(CH_3CH_2OH)` <br/> `underset"Propene"(CH_3-CH=CH_2)underset((ii)H_3O^+)overset((i)Conc. H_2SO_4)to underset(2^@ "Alcohol")(CH_3-CHOH-CH_3)` <br/> `underset"2-Methylpropene"(CH_3-oversetoverset(CH_3)\|C=CH_2)underset((ii)H_3O^+)overset(Conc. H_2SO_4)to underset(3^@ "Alcohol")((CH_3)_3COH)` <br/> Thus , either `2^@` or `3^@` alcohol is formed.</body></html>

Acid-catalysed hydration of alkenes except ethene leads to the formation of