Multiple Choice
What synthetic goal is achieved by subjecting an alkene to an oxymercuration-demercuration reaction sequence?
A) Markovnikov addition of H2O, promoting skeletal rearrangement
B) Markovnikov addition of H2O, preventing skeletal rearrangement
C) anti-Markovnikov addition of H2O, promoting skeletal rearrangement
D) anti-Markovnikov addition of H2O, preventing skeletal rearrangement
E) anti-Markovnikov addition of H2O, syn-hydroxylation
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