Chemistry for Biomedicine Thread

[ferrsal]

Hey guys, just thought I'd make a separate thread for chem for biomed, seeing as there are heaps of separate posts floating around regarding this subject.

I'll start off with my question..  for question 2c) in week 5 of the Tute book. so markovnikov's rule says that the H will end up on the carbon with the most Hydrogens.. Does this mean that in this question, the H will end up on the carbon that has the ethyl group sticking out (because there are 6 H atoms on that carbon in comparison to 4 H atoms on the other carbon)? Because I just looked at my answers that I copied from the tutor, and she placed the Hydrogen on the C atom with the methyl, and the OH on the carbon where the ethyl group is. Is this right or did she make a mistake?

Thanks in advance

[wendyisnotmyname]

Hey, not sure if it's too late and you've already figured it out, but according to my tutor (Prof. Hutton) either one is right. He said that we'll get a mixture of the 2 products. I think Markovnikov's rule refers to the H bonded directly to either side of the C=C, so in this case, both sides have 1 H and 1 alkyl group therefore the H from water could add to either side. I think that's right....

Also, does anyone know when the chem MST starts? I thought it was Monday next week, but a friend said that it runs from Friday next week till the following Wednesday o.o

[ferrsal]

Thanks for your help! Yes, the MST starts Friday next week up until Wednesday the following week. Does anyone know how many questions we get?