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1-phenylpropene is treated with H2O/H+ The product is :

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1-phenylpropan-1-ol
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2-phenylpropan-1-ol
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1-phenylpropan-2-ol
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2-phenylpropan-1-ol
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Solution

The correct option is A 1-phenylpropan-1-ol

Addition of H2O to alkene is a Markovnikov addition reaction.

In Markovnikov's addition, negative part of the addendum (adding molecule) gets attached to that doubly bonded C which posses lesser number of hydrogen atoms.

In 1-phenylpropene, the double bond attacks the H+ ion and form a secondary phenyl cation. Phenyl carbocation is more stable due to the resonance effect with benzene ring. Now the OH gets added to the carbocation to form 1-phenylpropan-1-ol



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