Question
Consider the chloride-capture step of electrophilic HCl addition to an alkene: a chloride ion combines with the carbocation intermediate.
- Classify this step as exergonic or endergonic.
- Decide whether its transition state is more like the carbocation reactant or the alkyl chloride product.
- Sketch an approximate structure for this transition state.
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This is a normalized presentation of OpenStax Organic Chemistry Problem 7-20, selected as a complete representative exercise for the truncated Hammond keyword. It is not a reconstruction of the truncated search post. The conclusion concerns chloride capture in the textbook mechanism; the sketch is qualitative and does not specify bond lengths, a barrier height, or an experimental transition-state structure.