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Alkene Hydration

In an experiment you combine 4-methyl-2-pentene and water, in the lab you setup the experiment using a a heater, condenser and N2 gas and add the reagent H2SO4, the product formed is 2-methyl-2-pentanol.  Which of the following terms would be used in a description of the mechanism of this reaction?  tertiary carbanion, 2-methylpentoxonium ion, sp hybridized pentyne, vicinal dihydroxide, or hydroxide ion.

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