Hydration of Alkenes: 1 minute tutorial w/ full mechanism

Hydration of Alkenes: 1 minute tutorial w/ full mechanism

Adding water across a double bond. Full arrow pushing mechanism for the hydration of alkenes. It ain't no thang. NOTE: My arrows should have been drawn as equilibria / reversible reactions. I'm sorry - I'll do better next time, I promise! NOTE #2: Sulfuric acid is more common, but HNO3 works (Loudon, Mark. Organic Chemistry, 5th ed. 2009, pp 169).