Acid catalysed hydration of alkenes except ethene leads to the formation of

Options

A. primary alcohol
B. secondary or tertiary alcohol
C. mixture of primary and secondary alcohols
D. mixture of secondary and tertiary alcohols

Answer

B

Explanation

`underset("Propene")(H_(3)C - Ch = CH_(2)) overset(H_(2)O, H^(+))rarr underset(2^(@)"alcohol")(CH_(3)underset(OH)underset(|)(CH) - CH_(3)`
`CH_(3) - underset(CH_(3))underset(|)(C) = CH_(2) overset(H_(2)O, H^(+))rarr underset(3^(@)"alcohol")(CH_(3) - underset(CH_(3))underset(|)overset(OH)overset(|)(C) - CH_(3))`