Question

Hydration of alkynes (via oxymercuration) gives good yields of single compounds only with symmetrical or terminal alkynes. draw the major organic product(s) formed when hex-2-yne undergoes hydration in the presence of hgso4 and h2so4

Answer 1

Hex-2-yne is not symmetrical alkyne, So, it will give two products namely Hexan-3-one and Hexan-2-one.
The reaction along with mechanism is shown below,