Halohydrins from Alkenes Addition of HOX

What product would you expect to obtain from addition of CI2 to 1,2-dimethylcyclohexene Show the stereochemistry of the product. 

Addition of HCI to 1,2-dimethylcyclohexene yields a mixture of two products. Show the stereochemistry of each, and explain why a mixture is formed. 

Another example of an electrophilic addition is the reaction of alkenes with the hypohalous acids HO Cl or HO-Br to yield 1,2-halo alcohols, called halohydrins. Halohydrin formation doesn t take place by direct reaction of an alkene with HOBr or HOCl, however. Rather, the addition is done indirectly by reaction of the alkene with either Br2 or CI2 in the presence of water. 

Bromohydrin formation by reaction of an aikene with Br2 in the presence of water. Water acts as a nucieophiie in step 2 to react with the intermediate bromonium ion. 

Reaction of the aikene with Br2 yields a bromonium ion intermediate, as previously discussed. 

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