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Oxymercuration. Add Hg(OAc)2 to make any alkene a secondary alcohol or make the OH go on the most substituted Carbon. a.k.a. Markarvnikov addition of OH.

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PROPANE-1-OL +alc.KOH = PROPENE-1

PROPENE-1 + HBr = 2-BROMO PROPANE

2- BROMO PROPANE + ACID HYDROLYSIS = PROPANE-2-OL

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