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Hydration of which alkyne with dilute / gives a mixture of two isomeric ketones?

  1. Abut-2-yne
  2. Bhex-3-yne
  3. Cpent-1-yne
  4. Dpent-2-yne

Answer: D

Pent-2-yne is unsymmetrical with both triple-bond carbons internal and no strong electronic bias, so water adds either way to give pentan-2-one and pentan-3-one. Hex-3-yne and but-2-yne are symmetrical (one ketone each), and pent-1-yne follows Markovnikov addition to give only pentan-2-one.
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