Gilly French

  • Vladimir Vasilevich Markovnikov
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    In the steps of Markovnikov

    2006-03-01T00:00:00

    The addition reactions of HCl and HBr to propene to give either 2-chloropropane or 2-bromopropane are often given as examples of Markovnikov's Rule, but in his original 1870 paper, Markovnikov used HI and not HBr or HCl.