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What is meant by hydroboration -oxidation reaction . Illustrate with an example .

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The formation of alcohol from alkene by addition of diborane is known as hydroboration oxidation reaction. In this process, oxidation is carried by `H_(2)O_(2)`. This can be explained by taking an example as given below:
Here, addition of diborane is according to Anti-Markovnikov.s rule.
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